Earned Value Management Interview Questions If you’re looking to augment your team with someone who can effectively use Earned Value Management techniques? It’s important to thoroughly test their abilities during the recruitment phase so you are confident they’ll be able to do the job. Whether they’re joining your team as a project controller, a control […]
The New IPMDAR is Released
The DoD in April has released it’s latest revision of the IPMDAR (Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report). The Earned Value Management (EVM), a division of Acquisition, Analytics and Policy (AAP) within the Acquisition Enablers organization serves as the Department of Defense (DoD) focal point for all policy, guidance, and competency relating to EVM. […]
What is the Responsibility Assignment Matrix
The Responsibility Assignment Matrix, or RAM, is one of the fundamental charts or matrices used on an ANSI/EIA-748 project. It articulates the translational point from where detail cost, schedule and technical performance data is summed from and reported to internal and Government agencies. Additionally, this is the point at which Control Account Managers (CAMs) are […]
The Work Package
The Work Package During the process of creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) you want to keep a “blind eye” toward project activities. Only after the WBS is thoroughly decomposed, do you consider the activities or efforts required to produce those WBS elements. Let’s take a closer look at this. One of the seven habits […]
Why You Should Use Earned Value Management (EVM)
Earned Value Management (EVM) is a systematic project management process which helps managers to measure project performance. EVM is a technique that is used to track the performance of a project against the project baseline and is very effective assuming the project baseline has been accurately calculated. Earned Value Management works by assessing work progress […]
EVAS is Now DECM and v3.3 Has Been Released
Over the past few years, the DCMA has been moving towards Data-Driven Earned Value Management metrics to ensure contract compliance. This approach involved a name change from EVAS (Earned Value Analysis System) to DECM (DCMA EVMS Compliance Metrics). And, a couple of months ago, the DCMA rolled out their v3.3 metrics. For those eager to […]
Book – An Introduction To The DCMA 14-Point Assessment
Free eBook Ten Six’s own Steve Montgomery has just published a rather useful book titled ‘An Introduction To The DCMA 14-Point Assessment’. This free eBook is for those who want to better understand what the DCMA 14-Point Assessment is all about. This is a free eBook with no registration required….you just simply download it via […]
What is the DCMA 14-Point Assessment?
The DCMA 14-Point assessment is used to ensure schedules are of high quality, complete and improve the probability of a successful outcome. The DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) introduced it in 2005 to ensure projects worth over 20 million dollars were following best practice guidelines. The US Defense department has thousands of contracts submitted every […]
IPMR Format Reports Explained
I’ll start with a little background and history to give you some perspective about the IPMR Format Report formats for earned value metrics. And this discussion focuses largely on the formal reports that are a contractual requirement for Department of Defense when you win projects that are above a certain value. In short, there are […]
Why Use Earned Value Management (EVM)?
If you’re a project manager and aren’t familiar with Earned Value Management (EVM) you may want to learn more about it. It has been around since 1966 when it became a requirement to fulfill certain Air Force contracts. In the government world, it has changed little over the years with the EIA-748-D standard currently consisting […]