Pinnacle Insights

An Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) is a joint customer/contractor activity walking through and assessing the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). IBRs are typically performed within a few months after a contract has been awarded, although they can be performed at any time, including pre-contract award.

On Friday, August 16th, 2019 Deltek released a cumulative update to Cobra 8.2. Below are some of the new features as well as some performance improvements. 

On Friday, June 28th, 2019 Deltek released updates to their schedule management tools Acumen and Open Plan. We've outlined the key updates, and we've included the product release training videos below from Deltek.

At the annual CPM EVM World conference in Ft. Lauderdale, DCMA announced that the DECM (formerly EVAS) v3.3 metrics would be officially released on May 25th. I was able to get a sneak preview. There are 6 new metrics, mostly around making sure planning packages and SLPPs don't have actual start dates, as well as some other minor clarifications in the language. I've since held off on publishing this announcement because the metrics weren't published immediately, but they are available now at this link.

The IPM Workshop gives professionals in the disciplines of project management and performance measurement an opportunity to learn more about various project performance techniques, including Earned Value (EV).

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". 

In the first article in this series Who Should Be The Control Account Manager (CAM) for Direct Material? I discussed how material is handled in an Earned Value environment, and addressed some of the key underlying assumptions.