Pinnacle Insights

At Pinnacle, we strive to stay abreast of the latest and greatest software tools used in project management. As a partner with many industry-leading tool vendors it is incumbent upon us to know the available tools and how to use them to solve obstacles facing our clients.

Investing in employee training and development can have significant results on your bottom line. A study by the American Society for Training and Development revealed that companies that invest in employee training gain 21% in profit.

I attended the May 25th Deltek Clarity webinar, Trends in Project and Risk Management, and as usual the content from the 12^th annual government study was compelling. Dan Firrincili, Sr. Manager, Product Marketing, and Kathy Boatwright, Sr. Director, Product Management, presented the findings for this section of the study.

This is the third and final article in a three-part series. 

Previously, in part 1 and part 2 of this series, I discussed how schedule pressure and various schedule compression techniques may manifest themselves unpredictably and with adverse effects on the project. 

This is the second article in a three-part series. 

As I discussed in part 1, the resource-loaded schedule represents a Project Manager’s most valuable tool for understanding and controlling the time and money requirements on any given project. 

There is a lot of research that identifies how poorly projects are managed. I’ve read that $99M is wasted for every $1B invested in project management.

One-third of all projects don’t meet their initial goal. So, what are some of the reasons for project failure?

In this article, I talk about five of the reasons that projects fail.

This is the first of a three-part series. 

We have all been told that time equals money. Even, time is money. But what does any of that truly mean? Time and money separately are highly debatable subjects. The combination of the two can certainly be a conundrum. However, it is my belief that in construction, A&D, or any industry really, this may as well be a law of the universe. Consider this, he or she who controls the schedule of the project, controls the cost of the project. Thus, the schedule is one of the most important documents your project(s) may ever possess. 

Warrenton, VA – March 8^th, 2021 – Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc., a leader in program and project management consulting and training services, is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract.