The DCMA is poised to reach further, faster and deeper into the defense contractor’s world with increased capacity and greater vigilance: you can run, but you cannot hide.
earned value management
5 Reasons Why Change Initiatives Fail
At Ten Six Consulting we provide advice and health checks for companies embarking on change initiatives. We also help companies that are struggling with implementing new things. Change initiatives fail more often than business owners would like, but you can stop that from happening to you. Here are five reasons
The Top 10 Reasons Why Earned Value Fails
Earned Value (EV) is an incredibly powerful tool when used properly. Unfortunately, we see a lot of EV implementations that are less successful than they could be, and we are often called in to help companies get the best out of their EV systems.
Earned Value Management Crossword
If you want to test your Earned Value management knowledge and like crosswords, then check out Ten Six’s Earned Value Crossword.
The Value-add of Deltek Cobra in a Primavera P6 Environment
I and my Ten Six colleagues have worked with numerous clients who have successfully used Primavera P6 to run rudimentary earned value reporting systems; that is, until a big contract comes along.
Deltek Cobra 5 n-Tier Deployment Update Process
Following on from the HotFix 12 blog, now seems like a good time to throw in some pointers about Cobra 5 installs and updates. And this time round, I’d like to talk a little about n-Tier environments. The arrival of a new version is when having n-Tier deployments makes life much easier for the IT folks.
Earned Value Management Lite (EVM Lite)
There are many companies touting the concept of “Earned Value Management Lite” or “EVM Lite” often suggesting that you only need to meet the intent of only 10 or so of the 32 ANSI/EIA 748 standard guidelines. While this is welcome news to some organizations that are
Gantt Charts: What’s The Alternative?
When Henry Gantt plotted out projects in the steel industry using bars to show the progress of tasks, I doubt he realized that he was going to revolutionize how projects were managed. Gantt charts display horizontal bars that provide a graphical
Deltek Cobra 5 – [Warning] No rate found…
If you’re developing a new Deltek Cobra project or making changes to an existing one, you may see the following warnings appear in the log file when you run a recalculation. “[Warning] No rate found for MECHENG, rate set MECHENG on or before 12/01/2011”
Accessing Deltek Cobra Reporting Templates
One of the most exciting enhancements to Deltek Cobra came with the introduction of Microsoft Excel based reporting templates when version Cobra 5.0 hit the market back in 2009. Without doubt this has made Deltek Cobra the most flexible EV reporting tool out there.