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Three Data Sets Required for IPMDAR Reporting

By Gary Harvey on Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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

This article has been updated as of March 18, 2024 to provide more additional information.

The Department of Defense’s Integrated Program Management Data Analysis Report (IPMDAR) Data Item Description (DID) finalized in April of 2020 is a major change in DOD EVMS reporting. This replaces the earlier IPMR and CPR reporting requirements. 

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Three Attributes to Be an Effective Control Account Manager (CAM)

By Jason Kinder on Thursday, April 1, 2021

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Government & Public Sector, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

I recently held a webinar where I spoke about three attributes that every Control Account Manager (CAM) must have to be successful. The CAM is vital to the successful delivery of on-time and on-budget projects. I often think of the CAM and project manager as similar roles, with the CAM having many of the same responsibilities of the PM but a smaller piece of the overall project.

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EVMS Project Assessment Scorecard

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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

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.

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Pinnacle Welcomes Gary Harvey as EPM & PPM Practice Lead

By Sara Marks on Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Government & Public Sector, Enterprise Project Management (EPM), Recent Articles

Warrenton, VA – March 16th, 2021 – Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc., a leader in program and project management consulting and training services, announced today that Gary Harvey will be returning to the organization in the role of Practice Leader for Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) services.  

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Pinnacle Awarded General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contract

By Jason Kinder on Monday, March 8, 2021

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

Warrenton, VA – March 8th, 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

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Project Management During The COVID-19 Pandemic Panel Recap

By Jason Kinder on Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, forProject Technology, Encore Analytics Empower

The College of Performance Management (CPM) Washington, DC (WDC) chapter recently held their monthly virtual event. We began the meeting with networking and then Brian Leach from Steelray Software demonstrated prototypes for two new products. 

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EVMS Roles and Responsibilities: Earned Value Analyst

By Michael Breuker on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Categories: Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Government & Public Sector

This article is part of a series on the roles and responsibilities involved in performing Integrated Program Management. 

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EVMS Roles and Responsibilities: Master Scheduler

By Michael Breuker on Thursday, December 3, 2020

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Program Management (IPM)

This article is part of a series on the roles and responsibilities involved in performing Integrated Program Management.

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