The American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748 (ANSI/EIA-748), Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), defines Over Target Baseline (OTB) as “a new baseline for management when the original objectives cannot be met and new goals are needed for
AACE International Conference and Expo
The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International is holding their annual Conference and Expo in San Diego California USA on June 24-27 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. With an excess of 1500 people expected at the AACE International this
What is Authorized Unpriced Work (AUW)
Authorized Unpriced Work or AUW means that a contractor has been authorized by the customer to start work on new contract scope but the budgetary details of which have not yet been negotiated. You can think of AUW as a change management tool that is designed to mitigate the risk to both parties
EVMWorld 2018
The College of Performance Management (CPM) are holding their 34th annual workshop, EVM World on May 30 – June 1 2018’ at the Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year’s theme, ‘Intelligently Linking Information for Better Program Management’, embodies
EVA23 – Anticipation
eVaintheUK are holding their 23rd annual conference on May 16-17 2018 in the city of London, UK at the historic Armourers’ Hall. The theme for this year’s event is anticipation. Anticipation is at the heart of everything from organizations to political policies and even in your own personal life
Primavera P6 EPPM and the DCMA 14-Point Assessment
It is possible in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to perform the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DMCA) standard 14-Point schedule quality assessment. The DCMA 14-Point assessment is a rigorous assessment for inspecting the quality of project schedules
The Integrated Project Schedule
This article discusses production of the Integrated Project Schedule (IPS), which is the map of the project and primary monitoring and decision-making tool for the project manager. Maps are important for any journey. But what separates projects from most ventures
Understanding the DCMA 14-Point Assessment Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
Many project managers look to Earned Value Management (EVM) values to predict whether or not their project will complete on time and on budget. Recently, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point assessment’s Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
A Brief Introduction to Earned Value
The key to unlocking the door to a plethora of project status metrics is earned value, which is a way of placing a value on the progress of work achieved. But how is earned value specified?
How To Secure Team Support for EVM
Earned Value Management is a tried-and-tested way of managing project performance. But it has a reputation for being difficult to implement and hard to manage. If you’ve made the decision to implement EVM for project