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Pinnacle Presents at Deltek Insight 2012

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Categories: Deltek PPM

Gary Harvey, one of Pinnacle's Practice Leaders presented to corporate business leaders and industry experts various best practices for improving their chances of winning contracts and getting projects off on the right foot. Gary provided strategies for using Earned Value Management planning methods and Deltek tools to streamline the proposal development and contract negotiation processes, resulting in valuable savings of upfront time and financial investment during the sales cycle.

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PMO Best Practices: How to Build a Strategic Enterprise PMO

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Thursday, November 29, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Training, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Is your Project Management Office (PMO) an effective and strategic entity that helps project managers across the organization? Traditionally, PMOs have been departmentally based and effective only within their own departments or silos of responsibility. 

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The New Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Data Item Description to Be Released Soon

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology

A draft of this document was issued last fall and comments were solicited. Pinnacle consultants provided detailed comments and recommendations. 

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What Does Integrating Deltek Cobra and Microsoft Project Mean?

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Monday, November 19, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Deltek PPM, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM

Pinnacle has integrated Deltek Cobra and MS Project or MS Project Server for many US Government Agencies and Suppliers.

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Using EVM to Manage Fixed Priced Construction Contracts

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology

Pinnacle has worked across many industries to implement Earned Value Management (EVM). One trend we are seeing in the Private Sector is the use of EVM to maximize profit on Fixed Price contracts.

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What to Do When Key EPM / EVM Stakeholders Disagree

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Monday, June 25, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

We recently had a prospect that asked us to build a Roadmap for an Enterprise Project Management and an Earned Value Management system. They have a mix of private sector work and also government work requiring EVMS.  At the CFO, COO level they were convinced that knew what they needed.

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What is Deltek wInsight?

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Monday, June 25, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Deltek PPM, Government & Public Sector

Deltek wInsight is the market leader for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) data analysis, reporting and business intelligence. It provides a complete set of EVM charts and reports that can be used interactively, included in presentations or output as hardcopy.

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Using Microsoft Project and Deltek Cobra to Support the Proposal Process

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Sunday, June 17, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Deltek PPM, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM

Developing a proposal for a US Government Agency can be a very dynamic process.  The proposal process tends to get chaotic and fast paced near submittal time.  This is especially true when your client is pressing for multiple revisions to get to your Best and Final offer.  

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