Pinnacle Insights

Keeping projects on track and within budget is crucial for any organization. Earned Value Management (EVM) is a proven method that helps you stay on top of your project's scope, schedule, and costs. However, crunching numbers and generating reports manually can be time-consuming and prone to errors. That's where Earned Value Management (EVM) software comes in. These tools automate tedious tasks and provide the insights you need to make informed decisions.

In this article, we'll explore some of the most popular EVM software options that we typically see when working with our clients. We will also break down some key features to help you begin your search for the right tool for your organization.

Let’s start by ensuring we have an understanding of the purpose and goals that drive an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR).

The Empower User's Group is an annual event, with this year's event held at the beautiful Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Miramar Beach, FL.  This was such a fantastic location to host an event, word through the grapevine is Encore Analytics might host the event here next year as well.

Tool. Check. Training. Check. After an organization has invested in technology and trained its users it is often assumed the job is done.  But that is just the beginning. 

If you are in the market for a cost management tool your short list likely includes Deltek Cobra.  Cobra has a long history of playing a role in both large and small implementations of earned value tools with customers of various sizes.

Recently Pinnacle was offered a sneak peek at the features of the upcoming version 4 upgrade of DCMA Schedule Analyzer forProject™ which is planned for release this October, 2017.

DCMA Schedule Analyzer forProject™ has long offered a simple yet powerful way to assess the health of the schedule based on the DCMA 14-Point Assessment methodology as an add-in to Microsoft Project.  The new version adds significant new capabilities for schedule analysis.

For many years, Deltek's Micro-Frame Program Manager (MPM) has been the backbone of many Earned Value Management systems.  It provided a simplistic cost engine for a single program environment that could be integrated with scheduling data to meet the needs of even government programs.  

For many years, Deltek's Micro-Frame Program Manager (MPM) has been the backbone of many Earned Value Management Systems.  It provided a simplistic cost engine for a single program environment that could be integrated with scheduling data to meet the needs of even government programs.