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Is your organization managing multiple projects or programs? Are you challenged with integrating all these projects into a cohesive picture for senior management? Are you having trouble juggling project priorities and allocating resources to meet competing demands? Do you feel you need an integrated, consistent framework for project planning and control across your organization?

Is your organization managing multiple projects or programs? Are you challenged with integrating all these projects into a cohesive picture for senior management? Are you having trouble juggling project priorities and allocating resources to meet competing demands? Do you feel you need an integrated, consistent framework for project planning and control across your organization?

Implementing enterprise software can be a challenge for even the most mature organizations. Understanding requirements, selecting the right software, planning the entire implementation, installing and configuring the software, integrating with other systems, deploying to users, managing organizational change -- the list goes on and on

Our experience and industry research indicates that it is significantly more effective to provide integrated Process and Tool training – rather than just let Project Managers and others struggle to map generic tool training to your real-world processes.   Read about the benefits of integrating process and tool training.

Government agencies are increasingly requiring Contractors to implement EVM Systems, but often the Contractors don’t have the experience to get the job done. Pinnacle’s proven approach to people, processes and tools ensures a successful and sustainable EVM Systems implementation. 

Is your Project Management Office (PMO) an effective and strategic entity that helps project managers across the organization? Traditionally, PMOs have been departmentally based and effective only within their own departments or silos of responsibility. 

A draft of this document was issued last fall and comments were solicited. Pinnacle consultants provided detailed comments and recommendations. 

Pinnacle has worked across many industries to implement Earned Value Management (EVM). One trend we are seeing in the Private Sector is the use of EVM to maximize profit on Fixed Price contracts.