Pinnacle Insights

Earned Value Management (EVM) is not a perfect fit for all types of projects. For example, short-term projects, low risk projects, or projects using agile development techniques may not benefit from a full Earned Value Management System (though they may still benefit from a scaled or tailored EVMS). But for most projects, where there is a risk to on-time, on-budget delivery, and where cost and schedule need to be managed, earned value management benefits the project greatly. 

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.

Are you responding to an RFP that has Earned Value Management System (EVMS) certification requirements? Are you preparing to have your EVMS certified by DCMA or other Cognizant Federal Agency? An independent EVMS assessment can help you identify where the gaps for EVMS certification are, and provide you a roadmap to prepare for formal validation.

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. 

Over the past year, virtual project teams have become a fact of life. When managed effectively, remote teams can increase productivity, improve quality of work, and help organizations meet their goals, however, for project managers accustomed to co-located teams, a distributed workforce presents new challenges.

Warrenton, VA – February 9th, 2021 – Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc., a leader in program and project management consulting and training services, and Deltek, a leader in enterprise software and information solutions, today announced their strategic solutions partnership. 

We are very excited for the new features in the latest release of Deltek Open Plan 8.5, an enterprise-class, mature Critical Path Method (CPM) project scheduling engine.

Open Plan has the flexibility to manage projects of all sizes, including multi-project analysis, critical path planning, resource management and risk analysis. 

On Friday, November 13th, 2020, Deltek announced the newest release of Open Plan; version 8.5.