This year's EVM World event was held on May 22nd - 24th, 2019 at The Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Workshop sessions this year reinforced the EVM World theme of "Maximizing Program & Performance Management Through Collaboration".
Attendance has been moderate over the last few years, but the quality of the presentations keeps getting better. I was thoroughly impressed with the program this year. Everything from the keynote presentation (the same presentation given at the NDIA IPMR Spring Meeting on new DOD acquisition paths), to presentations on Agile and a lot of brand new topics were outstanding.
Practice symposia sessions included topics from the following areas:
- Integrated Program Management (IPM) System Development and Maintenance
- Contracts, Contracting & Project Start-Up
- Performance Measurement
- Project Scheduling
- System Validation, IBRs and Surveillance Reviews
- Analysis, Forecasting and Reporting
- Agile Integration
- New Generation PM
- Others
The next CPM-sponsored conference will be the Integrated Program Management Workshop, December 10th – 12th, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor. Will we see you there?
Did you make it to the 35th Annual EVM World event? What were your favorite parts? Let us know in the comments below.
Topics: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Deltek PPM, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology

By Michael Breuker
Michael is President of Pinnacle Management Systems, a leading project management focused consulting firm. He has over 28 years of program management experience, including implementation of Earned Value Management and Enterprise Project Management Systems. Michael is a Microsoft Certified Professional and certified Primavera trainer and consultant. He is also an AACE certified Earned Value Professional (EVP), and an APMG IPPM certified instructor. Michael is an active participant with the NDIA Integrated Program Management Division (IPMD) and the associated Civilian Agency Industry Working Group (CAIWG) where he helped author the NDIA EVMS Scalability Guide. He currently serves as the Dean of Scheduling for the College of Performance Management (CPM) and is the proud recipient of the 2024 CPM President’s award.