Earned Value Management Skills Earned value management is a core expectation for many US government contractors. There are many technical aspects to understand, from software to formulas, reporting and data analysis. However, to get the most out of earned value, it’s also worth investing in what PMI calls ‘power skills’. Power skills are the ‘soft’ […]
Best Earned Value Books for 2023
The Best Earned Value Books Are you wondering what to put on your reading list for the holiday season, and into 2023? We’re sure you’ve got some popular fiction and chart-topping reads on your wish-list, but what about some career-enhancing books as well? Here is our round up of the best earned value reads for […]
15 Essentials for IBR Process Training
Essential IBR Process Training Are you facing an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) any time soon? You’ll probably know that it’s important to make sure that the IBR team are able to identify and assess risks relevant to the project so they can be ready for the review. In fact, if the whole IBR process is […]
How to Create an Earned Value Management Dashboard
Earned Value Management Dashboard Earned value management is a robust way of applying project controls to budget and schedule. It’s performance-led, so it’s a reliable approach for understanding real-time progress and spotting trends. Monitoring can be done regularly, and when you’ve got the right reports set up, the insights you need to monitor status are […]
7 Sources of Free Earned Value Management Training
Free Earned Value Management Training A quick Google for ‘free earned value training’ will return thousands of results. Have you got time to trawl through them all hoping to find the gems that will get you started quickly? Thought not… but you’re in luck because we’ve done it for you! There is a lot of […]
5 Risk Areas to Highlight During the IBR Process
Risk Areas to Highlight Are you preparing for an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR)? The IBR process is part of making sure your program is compliant with earned value management standards and that there is a robust baseline against which to track performance. It’s also an exercise in risk identification. In fact, we’d go as far […]
7 Benefits of the IBR Process
The IBR process (Integrated Baseline Review) is a robust process that enables program managers to set up the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) in a way that can be relied on. The PMB is crucial for measuring performance through the life of the project and for gaining an understanding of program risk. The baseline review is […]
Root Cause Analysis for Corrective Action Request
Root Cause Analysis Receiving a Corrective Action Request (CAR) is common for teams working in an earned value management environment. Government contractors and other project teams working on large scale projects where EV certification is necessary will find that CARs come across their desk from time to time. We’ve written before about how to respond […]
The Earned Value Graph Explained
Have you seen those line graphs that are created from earned value management systems? They might look confusing but they are actually pretty simple to read once you know what they show. In this article, we’ll look at two earned value graph examples and explain what they are telling you in terms of project performance. […]
EVMP Forum 2022
The EVMP Forum 2022 (Earned Value Management Practitioners Forum), in association with the Federal Publications Seminars (FPS), will hold their annual Forum on October 26th and 27th 2022. In its 12th year, the EVMP Forum 2022 will hold its two-day training workshop on the top two floors of the UVA Darden Conference Center in Arlington, […]