Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS): Myth & Reality
Learn from the best, noted expert, Harry Sparrow, and find out how EVMS will impact your organization.
EMVS: Myth & Reality on June 9, 2010 - Crystal City Marriott, VA
- Are you new to EVMS?
- Are you bidding on an EVMS compliant contract?
This half-day, Free EVMS seminar will address your questions and critical topics to start you on the right path to implementing EVMS.
Registration Details
Location: June 9, 2010 at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport
Pre-register: Call 1-703-382-9161 or complete the Contact Us form on the right
Presented by: Harry I. Sparrow
There are many myths about EVMS, including concerns you have about:
- Do we have to completely change the way we do business?
- Is it excessively costly?
- Are the plans we develop "chiseled in stone" (i.e. Is EVMS inflexible)?
- Is the amount of detail I need to track excessive?
- Will it divert the attention of our technical experts with large amounts of administrivia?
- Customer reviews are mysterious, unpredictable events, so how do we prepare?
These misconceptions are frequently coupled with the "good news" that you can simply buy software that will solve most of the problems and make you compliant with the requirement.
The reality is that there are examples of all of these issues occurring, but it was due to a lack of understanding of the requirement and/or an overzealous implementation.
This EVMS seminar will provide insights and guidance on how to best address the requirements associated with Earned Value Management Systems. The content of the EVMS Overview includes the following topics:
1.0 EVMS Basic Concepts
1.1 What is earned value management
1.2 What an earned value management system is
1.3 The roles of software tools and management processes
1.4 What does it mean to be “compliant” or “certified”
1.5 The concepts of EVMS in a nutshell
2.0 What will you have to change and how will you know it needs to change
2.1 Elements of your management processes that likely will work as is or with lesser amounts of change
2.2 What you probably are missing
3.0 What the reviews associated with EVMS are and how you need to prepare for them
3.1 The Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) – what it is, how it is conducted and what the benefits are
3.2 The certification or validation review – what it is and how it is conducted
3.3 How a “mock” review can help you prepare
4.0 What software tools are needed
4.1 What a tool can do and what it can’t do
4.2 How to determine what you need
4.3 How to evaluate software tools
5.0 Open Forum
5.1 Your issues and questions
Registration Details
Location: June 9, 2010 at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport
To pre-register: Call 1-703-382-9161 or complete the Contact Us form on the right
Presented by: Harry I. Sparrow