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Making Decisions Using Earned Value  

Management Concepts Making Decisions Using Earned Value training course will help you assume control of your projects. Learn to not only capture data on your project status, but more importantly to interpret the meaning behind those numbers. Discover keys to identify potential cost and schedule overruns. Grasp the tools and techniques required to compare actual work accomplished against baseline schedules and cost. Identify early warning indicators to gain greater insight into potential risk areas and prepare more accurate completion time and cost forecasts. Recognize what must be done to successfully implement the use of earned value in your organization.

Open-enrollment, on-site training.

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Fundamentals of Earned Value Management (DAU - BCF 102 Equivalent)

This course builds on the Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts introduced in ACQ 101. Students learn in a virtual classroom environment. The course summarizes the language, data reports, metrics, graphs, and management processes associated with EVM as they apply to DoD acquisition management. The course emphasizes the processes related to the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for EVM Systems. Finally students evaluate and compute basic EVM metrics and EVM metric-based Estimates at Completion (EACs).

Course Objectives:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
– describe, in plain language, the acronyms and meaning of EVM associated vocabulary;
– identify the program management data elements and processes associated with PMB development;
– understand how the ANSI EVM Industry Standard is  used to certify EVM integrated management systems;
– explain the IBR process and purpose;
– compute and comprehend the meaning of selected EVM metrics and EVM EACs; and
– identify acquisition organizations, stakeholders, and formal agreements associated with EVM.

The training is provided at the customer site.

Program Management Tools Workshop (DAU PMT 250 Equivalent)

This four day course is designed to provide DAU accreditation for BCF 102 and PMT 250 in a classroom setting taught by experienced, certified instructors who practice what they teach. The first day of the course is devoted to the fundamentals of Earned Value Management (EVM) and sets the foundation for the rest of the course. The focus of the first day is on understanding EVM concepts, techniques, metrics, reporting, management processes, and how EVM can enhance the ability to manage a program. Topics include developing a credible and useful Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) for an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR), the vital role of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to plan and organize work, performance measurement techniques, and performance analysis techniques used to gain insight into what is going on with a program. Days two through four are devoted to learning and applying program management best practices using a real-life Integrated Product Team (IPT) program scenario where exercises are conducted in a team environment. The focus of the last three days is on how to effectively apply EVM, scheduling, risk management, cost estimating, and change control techniques to manage a program using various software tools that can facilitate the process.

Course Objectives:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
– apply best practices for establishing effective IPTs develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs)
– use earned value tools and techniques for program planning and control
– build program schedules and apply risk management principles using state-of-the-industry software
– apply current cost estimating processes
– perform contract planning and post-award activities
– use earned value tools and techniques for program planning and control.

The training is provided at the customer site.

Few topics are as complex as the successful implementation of a cost-effective Earned Value Management System for a government contractor. Navigant Consulting offers a comprehensive 2-day seminar which informs participants what it takes to develop, evaluate, and maintain a fully compliant ANSI/EIA 748 Earned Value Management System (EVMS), as mandated by the U.S. Federal Government contracting requirements. Key topics of discussion include: establishing the EVMS Organization, use of work breakdown structures, organizational breakdown structures, master integrated schedules, creating a performance measurement baseline, actual costs, variance analysis, estimates at completion, and much more.

Integrated Project Management Using Earned Value Management

This course looks at earned value management (EVM) from the ground up.  It will cover government policy that mandates the use of EVM, understanding what EVM really is and what it is not.  It looks at EVM systems that provide the basis for EVM implementation that are compliant with the ANSI 748 (latest version).  There is a thorough discussion of baseline development and its importance for EVM data validity.  A thorough look at the EVM data allows the student to understand what information it is providing.  The class also covers maintaining the baseline to insure program performance validity.  The class includes lecture, discussions of “real world” challenges of implementing EVM systems and “hands on” exercises to better understand how the data is developed as well as what it provides to the user.   Students are encouraged to bring their current performance management questions/challenges to the class for discussion.

The training is provided at the customer site.

Right Management (www.right.com) is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the global leader in employment services. Right Management helps clients win in the changing world of work by designing and executing workforce solutions that align talent strategy with business strategy. Our expertise spans Talent Assessment, Leadership Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Employee Engagement, and Workforce Transition and Outplacement.

Right Management has over 30 years experience in the broadest range of client solutions, large and small. Our firm has earned its reputation as a true pioneer in strategic workforce management for the sustained excellence of our execution, for our responsiveness and for the wisdom of our counsel.

Right Management has grown to more than 300 service locations in our 50 countries worldwide. Today we serve 80% of the Fortune 500 and 50% of the Fortune 1000 companies by helping them to grow talent, reduce costs, accelerate performance and realize their business goals.

Primarily offered in the form of public web seminars, separated for existing users of Unanet software and also for prospective customers, and also on-site training.

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