Processes Need To Be Managed Manage both the project and the process. In our blog Address Project Processes & Improve Project Performance, we discussed how to calm the storm by improving project processes. Our clients have experienced an end to cost overruns, schedule delays, and customer frustration through the application of process improvement to project […]
Address Project Processes & Improve Project Performance
Calming The Storm: Improve Project Performance by Addressing Project Processes How frequently do your projects have risk of, or experience, cost overruns, schedule delays, and customer frustration? How much time each week do you spend updating schedules, justifying delays and negotiating budget extensions? These activities can start to feel like a way of life, but […]
DCMA 14-Point Assessment and the Critical Path Length Index
The Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) Critical Path Length Index (CPLI) is a forward looking guage of the efficiency required to complete a major milestone on-time, most likely the project deadline. Let’s take a closer look at this interesting metric. The DCMA missed tasks assessment discussed in a previous article is an early warning alert […]
DCMA 14-Point Assessment and Resources
Is your schedule properly resourced according to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)? The DCMA resource assessment inspects how well your schedule is resource loaded. The DCMA resource assessment is somewhat variable. Resource loading a schedule is not always specifically required except in integrated earned value management systems and sometimes as a contractual stipulation. Schedules, […]
DCMA 14-Point Assessment and the Critical Path Test
DCMA 14-Point Assessment and the Critical Path Test. Quality schedules have a continuous critical path from the project start milestone to the project finish milestone. It may, however, be difficult to perceive that your critical path is truly unbroken when you have a vast number of activities and, possibly, activity constraints. How can one be […]
DCMA 14-Point Assessment and Missed Tasks
If your schedule has excessive slippage, then the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) Missed Tasks assessment may flag your schedule for further review. The DCMA 14-point assessment inspects schedules and provides rules for measuring the potential for a successful project. The DCMA Missed Tasks assessment in particular, measures how well the actual (in-progress) schedule is […]
Top Seven Things To Look For When Reviewing an Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR)
When reviewing an Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) there are certain things I look for that can alert you to changes in the status of your project or highlight data integrity issues. The following list ranges from finding data anomalies that put the validity of the data into question, to analytics that help identify areas […]
Deltek Insight 2016 Recap
The Deltek Insight 2016 conference was held in the Washington DC area this year at the end of November. As with prior years, the conference was full of content that made it well worth the trip. One of the biggest benefits I get from Deltek Insight 2016 is interacting with other users of the Deltek […]
Roper Technologies Buys Deltek for $2.8B
Deltek announced on December 6th, that it is being acquired for $2.8 Billion. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo which purchased Deltek in 2012 has now sold the company to Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP). Deltek will still operate as separate company within Roper Technologies and maintain it’s brand and product names, strategy and global team. In addition, […]
DCMA 14-Point Assessment – Invalid Dates
Are you familiar with the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) invalid dates assessment. Do your activity forecasted and/or actual dates and schedule data date accurately reflect the status of your project? The status date or data date, depending on your scheduling software terminology, is similar to the closing statement date of your checking account. The […]