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Exact or Accounting Dates For Baseline Planning & Forecasting to Estimates to Complete – A Survey

February 1, 2014 Budgeting

The EVMS Guidelines, and other guidance, are not specific as to whether exact dates must be used to demonstrate system integration between the Work Authorization Document (WAD), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Control Account Plan (CAP), or whether the use of accounting month start and complete dates meets the spirit and intent of the EIA-748 […]

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Executive Level Schedules: Humphreys & Associates Methodology for Top Level Program Schedule Road-Mapping

January 17, 2014 Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR)

Methodology for Top Level Program Schedule Road-Mapping The lack of a useful, concise, easily understood top level plan for a project is an issue that our consultants have repeatedly noted. It is way past time for the adoption of more useful and understandable executive level schedules. Having a distinctive top level plan linked to the […]

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Keeping the EVM Love Alive In Your Organization

January 3, 2014 EVM Terminology

Admittedly, operating an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) in an organization can sometimes be like getting your kids to the dentist.  They know they have to do it, and they will even concede that it may be good for them, but it does not mean they have to like it. Earned Value provides a framework […]

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Corrective Action Response: Planning and Closure – Part 2 of 2

December 20, 2013 Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS)

Review Part 1 of Corrective Action Responses addresses Planning and Closure Responding to a Corrective Action Request (CAR)– Planning and Closure It is important that the contractor develop a disciplined, standardized approach for responding to a corrective action response.  This not only helps ensure that the responses are complete and contain compliant corrective actions, but […]

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Corrective Action Response: Sources – Part 1 of 2

December 6, 2013 Corrective Action Request (CAR)

Skip to Part 2 of Corrective Action Responses addresses Planning and Closure Sources of Corrective Action Requests A healthy part of any system, including an Earned Value Management System (EVMS), is regular review and surveillance by both those who operate within the system (the contractor) and those customers who rely on information from the system […]

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The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

November 26, 2013 Organization

The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) is a graphic representation that reflects the integration of project participants such as work teams, subcontractors, and internal organizations with individual Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) elements to form Control Accounts (CA). The RAM shows the WBS on one axis and the Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) on the other. The intersection […]

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