The MIL-STD-881D Standard is now released (April 9th, 2018) and is for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD). The standard is for direction and should be included as a contract requirement. This Standard addresses mandatory procedures for all programs subject to DoD Instruction 5000.02. The MIL-STD-881D is a military […]
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 eVaintheUK event is anticipation. Anticipation is at the heart of everything from organizations to political policies and even in your own personal life. eVaintheUK is aimed at middle […]
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. So, it’s not uncommon for folks to perform a DCMA 14-Point Assessment in P6. The DCMA 14-Point assessment is a rigorous assessment for inspecting the quality of project schedules. Schedules that […]
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, though, is that each project is unique. And requires the development of a special map […]
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) has been popularized as a schedule completion early warning metric. One of the project manager’s major duties is […]
A Brief Introduction to Earned Value Management
Earned Value Management is 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? Much in Earned Value Management (EVM) hinges on the monetized value you place on accomplished […]
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 Earned Value Management for project monitoring in your business, you’ll need to overcome a degree of healthy skepticism from your project management community. […]
5 Pre-Requisites for Earned Value On Projects
If you’re considering Earned Value (EV) as a way to develop better project governance, then you’ll know what an undertaking it is to shift the organizational mindset towards that way of working. Even when you have buy-in at the top levels, you still need to embed a different way of managing projects in the teams […]
EVMP Symposium 2017
EVMP Symposium 2017 (Earned Value Management Practitioner’s Symposium) are holding their annual conference at the Waterview Conference Centre (CEB) in Arlington, Virginia on August 24-25. In it’s 7th year, this conference goes from strength to strength, with over 90% of post 2016 surveyed rating it excellent or very good. This is a conference that should […]
The Negatives of Positive Lag
Do you use positive lag? Scheduling guidelines like the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)’s 14 point assessment will fail a schedule of any negative lags (or leads) are found: effectively banning their use entirely. In addition, to DCMA the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) baseline checklist prohibits negative lags in schedules. This sentiment is also […]