Tools & Services

PMI-CPM 24th Annual International

Conference

Tools Track

Program Coordinator: Efrain Pacheco

TT 01 Simple, Streamlined Earned Value Management for Microsoft Project

Stuart P. Trahan, forProject Technology, Inc.

TT 02 Elan – Dynamic Desktop EVMS

Marty Doucette, Pilgrim Companions, Inc.

Eleanor L. Haupt, Earned Value Associates

Susan Wood, Earned Value Associates

TT 03 Automating PM Reporting with Dekker TRAKKER

Jeffrey D. Hallett, ManTech International Corp.

Tammy L. Wyatt, ManTech International Corp.

TT 04 Good practices for moving from standalone to Enterprise Project

Management (EPM) systems

Rob Hirschmann, Projility

Mark Burrows, Projility

TT 05 De-mystifying the interpretation of Earned Value Reports

Dan Patterson, Primavera

TT 06 Integrity and Traceability: The CPM Network as the basis for

Integrated project performance

Matt Pitstick, Safran North America

TT 07 Master EVM: Comply with OMB Requirements Using Familiar

Microsoft Applications

Linda Adams, LMR Solutions

TT 08 Turning EV Data into Information

Mark Infanti, Planview, Inc.

TT 09 Capital Planning & Investment Control – An Automation Solution

John-Michael Scott, Robbins-Gioia, LLC

TT 10 Earned Value in Support of ANSI-748 Compliance

Kris Athey, QuantumPM

TT 11 PM Metrics Schedule Detective: You Now Have Time For Analysis

John Krahula, PM Metrics

TT 12 Leveraging Technology to Solve the Top 5 Challenges of Earned Value

Chris Bell, Deltek

Roland Atencio, Deltek

ABSTRACTS & BIOS

Tools Track

TT 01 - Simple, Streamlined Earned Value Management

for Microsoft Project

Explore the latest software solution from forProject Technology, Inc. (FTI) providing “simple, streamlined earned value management for Microsoft Project”.

Although Microsoft Project is by far the most widely-used planning and scheduling tool, there are some who believe that it cannot support an effective Earned Value Management System (EVMS) process. We beg to differ.

This presentation will demonstrate how FTI’s forProject™ software expands the capabilities of Microsoft Project to support government and industry Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) guidelines including ANSI 748-A and OMB A-11. We will also address the reasons organizations sometimes struggle with EVMS implementation using Microsoft Project and show how our tools and implementation approach help to address these issues.

Using both desktop and web-based modules, the forProject™ software works seamlessly with Microsoft Project to support EVMS requirements. With forProject™ software, your organization can quickly implement EVMS capabilities using the Microsoft tools you already know, avoiding an expensive migration to so-called “high-end” EVMS tools. The result? Faster implementation, reduced training and deployment costs and higher user acceptance are the benefits you can achieve.

Whether your organization is facing new EVMS requirements or you are looking for ways to simplify or streamline your existing EVMS process, you will be interested to see our latest technology and to learn how you can implement an effective EVMS using Microsoft Project.

Stuart P. Trahan

4020 N. MacArthur Blvd., Suite 122-304 • Irving, TX 75038
Phone: (214) 550-8156 • Fax: (866) 822-4664

www.forproject.com

Stuart P. Trahan is Chief Technology Officer of forProject Technology, Inc. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Trahan is considered a leading subject matter expert in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), Integrated Master Scheduling (IMS) and project management software design and implementation.

An expert in the application of Microsoft Project, Mr. Trahan was the founder of Compliance Software Technology, Inc. (CSTI) and the original designer of the forProject™ software suite. He has implemented IMS and EVMS solutions for clients such as United Defense, Teledyne Ryan, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Honeywell, ITT Industries, Computer Sciences Corporation, Lockheed Martin and many more.

Tools Track

TT 02 - Elán - Dynamic Desktop EVMS

This presentation introduces a recently launched solution called, “Elán”. Offered through EVMServices.com, Elán is a portal-based solution that combines performance management applications, training and certification, and expert online EVMS consulting services. Elán guides and supports organizations as they adapt their legacy management procedures to ANSI-Standard-748-conformant EVMS processes. This patent-pending synthesis of Performance Management and Advanced Distributed Learning systems provides organizations a performance-based culture and business environment in which they may successfully design, implement and conduct their day-to-day EVMS activities.

Marty Doucette, Exec. VP & CTO, Pilgrim Companions, Inc.

Phone: (317) 259-4849 Fax: (317) 259-9133 E-Mail: martydoucette@evmservices.com

Marty is the architect and primary developer of Elán and EVMServices.com. He is the author of Microsoft Project for Dummies and is the developer and producer of numerous earned value management learning and performance aids. He is the developer of wInsight Companion Suite™, a series of virtual help tools for users of wInsight™ and wInsight Administrator™. In addition, Marty was the producer of Humphreys & Associates EVMS Virtual Learning Lab. Since 2000, Marty has assisted in EVMS implementation both within organizations and via online services. Marty is a member of the College of Performance Management.

Eleanor L. Haupt, Earned Value Associates LLC

Phone: (937) 572-2586 Fax: (937) 429-1442 E-Mail: ehaupt@earnedvalue.biz

Eleanor is a senior partner with Earned Value Associates LLC, a training and consulting company dedicated to improving earned value management. She is the author of several guides and manuals, and has been a major contributor to other guides. She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and keynoter at national and international EVM conferences. Prior to entering the public sector, Eleanor had a successful career within the Department of Defense for over 26 years, and was a leading expert on several key teams. Eleanor is a Past President of the PMI College of Performance.

Susan Wood, Earned Value Associates LLC

Phone: (850) 585-4830 Fax: (937) 429-1442 E-Mail: swood@earnedvalue.biz

Susan is also a senior partner with Earned Value Associates LLC. She has over 27 years of experience in the Department of Defense acquisition community, specializing in earned value management. One of her specialties is earned value compliance, and she is certified as a review team chief. Susan was a key player in implementing an earned value management system for government in house activities. She also specializes in all aspects of earned value training and has taught thousands of project team members throughout her career. Susan is a Executive Vice President of the PMI College of Performance.

TT 03 - Automating PM Reporting With Dekker TRAKKER

Project managers face mounting requirements for large and complex project performance, financial and earned value management reports on a frequent and recurring basis. Despite the proliferation of information technology and reporting options, the preparation and re-working of various PM reports occupies a growing percentage of project managers’ work days, reducing available time for resolution of project implementation and customer relations issues. The situation is worsened by the perennial shortage of skilled financial and project control analysts to help in the reports’ design and preparation, and the consequent errors that often creep in. Finally, much of the time used in the preparation of many PM reports is spent in manually transcribing financial system output documents to customer or senior management specified reporting formats, another time-consuming and error-generating process.

Mr. Hallett and co-presenter Tammy Wyatt will demonstrate new techniques they have introduced at ManTech International to automate complex and time-consuming project reporting tasks using the Dekker TRAKKER Enterprise Project Management System, integrated with ManTech’s Project Costing System and other common applications. The presentation will feature recent and successful application of TRAKKER’s reporting engine and MS Excel interface to complicated budgeting and forecasting tasks, estimates to complete, project burn rate calculations, graphics-based program portfolio dashboards, and automated porting of project data to MS Powerpoint presentations.

Jeffrey D. Hallett – PMP, CISSP, ManTech International Corporation

Phone: (703) 218-6414 Fax : (703) 218-6121 E-Mail: Jeffrey.hallett@mantech.com

Mr. Hallett has over 25 years of private and public sector experience, including a broad array of program and project management insight and experience, ranging from large enterprise IT services to international technology transfer programs in Asia and Europe. He is currently leading the design and implementation of an earned value management system for ManTech International and the development of an integrated set of project and program management tools for improved project performance and visibility across the organization. He has had extensive experience in the design and application of Web database and data visualization technologies for the implementation and maintenance of quality, security, and environmental management systems. Mr. Hallett began his career as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State, serving in the Philippines, Taiwan, France, and Washington, D.C. He holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelors from Emory University. He is currently serving as Chairman of PMI Washington, D.C.’s College Outreach Committee.

Tammy L. Wyatt – CISSP, ManTech International Corporation

Phone: (703) 218-6414 Fax : (703) 218-6121 E-Mail: tammy.wyatt@mantech.com

Tammy Wyatt is a project management finance and control specialist at ManTech International, currently supporting ManTech’s implementation of the Dekker TRAKKER Enterprise Project Management System and development of an organization-wide earned value management system. She is applying more than a decade of experience in information systems and database design to the problem of data and applications integration and reporting for project and portfolio management. Holding the Computer Information System Security Professional (CISSP) credential and more than 7 years experience in computer system certification and accreditation, Ms. Wyatt brings a special interest in the security and privacy aspects of project and portfolio management and reporting.

TT 04 - Good practices for moving from standalone to Enterprise Project Management (EPM) systems

Enterprise project management (EPM) systems provide proven methods for implementing consistent, measured project management capabilities. In this session, Projility (formerly PSGGC) will discuss how an organization can successfully move from standalone project management to Enterprise PM, citing customer case studies and sharing best practices for migrating from one environment to the other.

Focus discussion areas include resource management, project management fundamentals, technology elements, the role of good communications, knowledge management, and organizational change considerations of a successful deployment.

This session is for individuals who are interested in learning how to move from standalone project scheduling tools (like MS Project) to EPM integrated scheduling and collaboration solutions (such as Microsoft Project Server). A short demo will also be delivered showing examples of successfully-deployed systems.

Rob Hirschmann – Corporate Vice President, Projility

Voice: (703) 447-6777 x706 Fax: (703) 842.8478 E-Mail: rhirsch@projility.com

Rob Hirschmann has over ten years experience in the project management field, serving in multiple roles across the project lifecycle. During that time he has been working with enterprise customers across multiple industries, including aerospace and defense, professional services, government, and health care, to develop and deploy successful PM and EVM systems and business processes. He is currently Corporate Vice President of Projility, a premier provider of project management and collaboration solutions where he works closely with customers such as the Department of Homeland Security, Computer Sciences Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton, and General Dynamics to create and realize their vision for integrated project management, enterprise collaboration, and earned value management.

Mark Burrows MBA PMP, Manager, Projility

Voice: (703) 448-6777 x702 Fax: (703) 842.8478 E-Mail: mburrows@projility.com

Mark Burrows leads projects to implement enterprise project management systems and practices for Projility clients. Before coming to Projility, he has conducted programs to assess project management capabilities and provided approaches for defining and implementing best practices. His work ranged from methodology development, to PMO operations, to initiative planning for Fortune 500 and public sector clients including General Dynamics Network Systems, T-Mobile, Genentech, W.W. Grainger, GSA, and the State of Florida. Mr. Burrows has over 15 years of experience with multimedia, distance learning, and training projects including requirement analysis, content development, software development, and delivery. He has shared this experience and insight in presentations for PMI-sponsored events, ProjectWorld, and company webcasts.

TT 05 - De-mystifying the interpretation of Earned Value Reports

For years, EV has been synonymous with overwhelming acronyms, complex forecasting techniques and complex compliance-type reports. This paper examines in detail, the key metrics being measured by EV and more importantly how to interpret them. Learn how and when to use performance indicators, efficiency factors, trending information and EV forecasts. Standard and advanced reporting techniques are discussed including the well-accepted DoD CPR 1-5 reports.

Dan Patterson, PhD PMP
dpatterson@primavera.com
713 417 3634

Dan Patterson is Director of Earned Value for Primavera – a global leader in project risk management. Dan has over fifteen years of project management experience and is an expert in PPM product development, specifically in the field of project portfolio, risk and EV analytics. A thought leader in enterprise project management, Dan has published numerous papers and materials on the topic. Before joining Pertmaster, Dan was responsible for the overall development and product marketing of project management applications for Welcom, a project management software company in the US.

Other areas of expertise and interest include construction management, project collaboration, and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for planning and control. Dan lives in Houston TX, is a certified PMI PMP and holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK.

TT 06 - Integrity and Traceability: The CPM Network as

the basis for integrated project performance

The critical path network has always been the basis for sequencing the work and duration of activities to accomplish a specific project against a schedule. It is also the foundation for establishing the performance measurement baseline (PMB) in earned value management against which accomplishment is measured. Over the last several years, contractors and software vendors in the project management arena have realized the importance of integrating the components of schedule, cost, technical performance and risk. This is usually achieved through a modularized approach where project stakeholders from various disciplines map, integrate, validate, approve and then process data from multiple sources, which is heavily reliant on policies and procedures. Through this method the essential link between the project network and cost performance information oftentimes is broken, requiring after-the-fact reintegration of project information that oftentimes cannot be reconciled.

This session will demonstrate how solutions offered by Safran take a different approach to project performance, which is to integrate and consolidate all relevant performance information through a single software application with the roject network serving as the basis for collecting all relevant performance data. Safran manages earned value performance and collects actual costs on the schedule network, and calculates complex costs from the project resources against a controlled baseline. This maintains the link between schedule, cost, and performance. This approach has been used in Europe for over 15 years using Safran software on some of the largest projects in the world, particularly in the oil and gas, large construction, and the shipbuilding industries. Though lacking the formality of externally directed reporting requirements, these industries apply stringent project discipline and performance requirements delivering projects on time and below projected cost, thus improving their return on investment.

Matt Pitstick

Safran North America, LLC

Matt Pitstick is currently the Chief Technology Officer of Safran North America, LLC, the exclusive representative of Safran Software Solutions of Norway for sales, support and marketing serving the United States, Canada and Mexico. His involvement with project management tools and procedures began when he was at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company working in the Central Program Performance Management Tools group. His responsibilities were to implement, configure, deploy and maintain project management systems for 50+ programs ranging in size from one million to multibillion dollar efforts. Matt went on to work for C/S Solutions, Inc., which was the manufacturer of wInsight, an earned value analytical and reporting tool. There he performed such tasks as consulting, support, quality assurance, training and documentation on all product lines, and was the technical manager for the wInsight Dashboard product. Matt later went on to work with Deltek as a systems consultant after the acquisition of C/S lutions, where he continued to implement tools and processes in the aerospace and defense, and federal markets.

Matt Pitstick graduated with honors from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Business Management Information Systems.

TT 07 - Master EVM: Comply with OMB Requirements Using

Familiar Microsoft Applications

Join us as we share best practices for managing costs, calculating EVM, and reporting across multiple projects using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. Key topics include standardization and automation of cost / schedule integration, balancing project schedule and budget with customer requirements, while maintaining profitability on contracts and gaining competitive advantage. LMR Solutions’ award winning integrated Enterprise Program Management (iEPM) solution built on the Microsoft Project Server platform provides a familiar user interface for managing projects and programs. Learn how Raytheon Businesses, NASA Centers and NAVSEA Warfare Centers have deployed iEPM as a best practice for managing their EVM mandated programs.

LMR Solutions’ iEPM Earned Value Management component integrates the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management olution and the accepted earned value management methodology to offer a user-friendly solution that allows for standardization and automation of cost / schedule integration, balancing project schedule and budget with customer requirements and profitability. iEPM also integrates with third party financial software, and earned value reporting software, such as wInsight, SAP, MPM and other Microsoft project add-ons to provide a fully customizable and robust EVMS solution that Government and government contractors use to ensure compliance with Department of Defense’s (DoD) ANSI-748A requirements.

Linda Adams, LMR Solutions

Phone: (760) 603-9990 Fax: (858) 225-0685 E-Mail: ladams@lmrsolutions.com

Linda is a senior account manager with LMR Solutions, a gold certified Microsoft Partner providing Program/Project management services, solutions and support. Her role within LMR Solutions includes identification and deployment f project management best practices, mapping business processes and requirements to solution architecture, establishing user adoption plans, and project and program leadership/oversight.

Linda’s background includes over 20 years working with Defense Contracting companies such as Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. Raytheon IDS has responsibility as the leader in Joint Battlespace Integration to provide joint solutions for warfighters and civil authorities. During her tenure at Raytheon, Linda was a Senior Manager who developed a Program Planning and Scheduling (PP&S) Department at Raytheon San Diego which included standardization of tools and processes. She successfully created a culture where planning and scheduling became a valued requirement for successful program execution. Specifically, Linda was the program manager for implementing iEPM for all San Diego IDS programs (annual sales exceeding $250M). The solution improved Schedule nagement, inancial Management (EVM), reporting and data security, and resulted in 100% improvement in Scheduler efficiency. Linda also developed PP&S concept of operations and documented work instructions for all Business Processes for Program Planning & Scheduling. The iEPM solution has been selected as an IDS Best practice and will be deployed across all of Raytheon IDS which is a business that generated revenue of $4.2 billion and employs more than 13,500 people.

TT 08 - Turning EV Data into Information

There seems to be many in every company that use the Earned Value Data. Many in the project organization input budgets, schedules and completion data (earned value) but seldom have the opportunity to see the metrics, and use the EVM information to help do their job. Information is data within a context that allows it be used effectively.

This presentation will show ways to present information (not just data) to a CAM, project or program manager, a resource manager, department manager or executive. Including;

Conditional Alerts – these are alerts based on the DCMA Trip Wires
Project or Portfolio performance trends based on equivalent people
Resource Utilization for the baseline and forecasted utilization for the ETCEAC forecasts based on 5 different algorithms
Weekly EV performance data

This presentation will end with methods for disseminating this information. Including;

Standard reports scheduled for delivery every Monday morning (or every month, quarter, etc.) in an email as a PDF (or Excel, HTML, Text, etc.) format.
Standard reports automatically updated in a Microsoft Outlook email folder

In other words, the user no longer has to go looking for information; it is now delivered to them.

The discussion will be supported by the demonstration of Planview’s MPM version 3.2 and the MPM Performance Manager.

Mark Infanti, Planview, Inc. – MPM Customer Relationship Manager

Voice: 714-849-1189 E-Mail: minfanti@planview.com

Mark is a Customer Relationship Manager that works with MPM clients to determine their best practices to suggest enhancements to the MPM product an make sure that the customers are happy. He has 30 years experience as a practitioner and consultant designing and implementing project management processes and supporting software.

Mark’s experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) started in 1975 in the aerospace industry. Subsequently he provided EVM consulting services to DOD, NASA, DOE and their contractors. As a Project Controls Manager at a leading engineering and construction company, he was responsible for project management on major infrastructure projects and used EVM for project management.

As a consultant, Mark presented hundreds of training classes to companies and government agencies in the USA, Australia, and Canada. He has done public seminars, video and remote presentations on EVM. In the 1980’s, Mark wrote a book on EVM that was used to train a project management software company team.

Mark was a charter member of the Performance Management Association that was merged with PMI in 1999. Mark has a BA degree in Business Management from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Tools Track

TT 09 - Capital Planning & Investment Control – An Automation Solution

To make effective capital planning and investment control decisions, executives must provide, at an early stage in their portfolio’s life cycle, a complete long-term vision combined with effective planning and execution. Executives need to formulate a balanced enterprise portfolio that takes into account risks, returns, and business goals. This capital planning effort relies on a solid repeatable process and the gathering of accurate and complete data.

Since 1996, following the introduction of the Clinger-Cohen Act (formerly known as the Information Technology Reform Act), US Federal Government agencies have been required to use “a disciplined capital planning and investment control (CPIC) process to maximize the value of and and assess and manage the risks of the information technology acquisitions.” (OMB Circular No. A-123 revised)

It is as a result of these complex demands and the challenging compliance environment created that Microsoft and Robbins-Gioia have teamed together to provide a collaborative technology based approach to solving this problem. It is recognized by many in contracting and within the government itself that existing solutions do not completely resolve the complex challenges involved. While it is true agencies have been providing reporting and response to this Act’s requirements since 1996, the process can at times be arduous and inefficient. The Microsoft solution platform provides an excellent collaborative tracking, monitoring, reporting and delivery capability to support the integration of process and automation and in turn to provide a complete, holistic and easy to use CPIC capability.

John-Michael Scott, Robbins-Gioia

Phone: (571) 309-1624 Fax: (202) 318-4296 E-Mail: John-Michael.Scott@robbinsgioia.com

John-Michael Scott, EPM Product Manager and Practice Manager for Robbins-Gioia, LLC’s Technology Solutions Group, has been providing business and technical guidance to organizations since 1989. As a thought leader in the EPM community, he has been designing and implementing tool based solutions based on the Microsoft platform for government, commercial, NGO, industrial and financial clients since 2000. Becoming a more active member of the Project, Program and Portfolio Management community over the past 6 years, John-Michael has been taking on the challenges of solving management, reporting, lifecycles and governance leveraging a variety of process and automation approaches. As an active member of PMI, MPA and the Microsoft EPM Partner Advisory Council, John-Michael regularly evangelizes the value of Governance, Earned Value Management, Performance Management and the overall successful delivery of projects, programs and portfolios to the business and government community.

Tools Track

TT 10 - Earned Value in Support of ANSI-748 Compliance

Take the mystery out of Earned Value Management. Compliant reporting does not need to be complex if you follow some fundamental principles when building your project schedule. This seminar presents an approach to Earned Value Management that will make compliant reporting much simpler to perform.

Some of the topics include:

ANSI Guidelines for Compliance
Building a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
WBS Directory
S-curves
Financial System Input
Compliant Reporting
Tying your WBS to your schedule

We will demonstrate all of these components using our patent pending Earned Value Manager tool. Whether you choose to use automation or build your EVM system from scratch, the principles discussed in this session will be well worth your time.

Kris Athey, CIO/Founder of QuantumPM

Phone: (720) 227-0244 Fax: (303) 699-3329 E-Mail: kathey@quantumpm.com

QuantumPM provides solutions/consulting and support and hosting services for the creation and maintenance of Portfolio/Program/Project Offices. A Microsoft Gold Partner, the company bases many of its solutions on Microsoft's EPM Solution Stack and as hundreds of deployments to its credit.

QuantumPM is well known for its merging of deep domain knowledge, process and technical information in the many books they have authored (including the QUE SPECIAL EDITION and UNLEASHED Series of Books on Microsoft Project and Project Server). This mix of practical experience, technical and domain knowledge has resulted in unique solutions and products, the latest of which marries WBS /EVM with Scheduling concepts inside MS Project.

The son of a Lutheran Minister and Missionary, Kris graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Computer Science Engineering. Kris began his career as a Systems Engineer in TRW Space and Defense during the 'Star Wars' project era. Moving from hardware design/development to software and subsequently solutions and team management, he designed, implemented, and deployed large-scale, mission-critical, 24x7 processing suites both in the US and in international assignments.

After 15 years with TRW and recently returned from 4 years overseas, he co-founded PierPoint, a technical consulting firm supporting private industry. Professional experience brought a solid understanding that the success and/or failure of solutions was as much due to good management as good engineering and in 2000, he founded QuantumPM with Rose Blackburn to merge practical management principles with project/program management tools/solutions.

Tools Track

TT 11 - PM Metrics Schedule Detective: You Now Have Time For Analysis

I have been a scheduler for 15 years and I hate it when someone knows more about my schedule than I do. Putting on my analyst hat, when a schedule or many schedules come my way, how do I make sense of them quickly? More important, how do I come up with the questions I will need to ask? Over the years I have developed the Schedule Detective to help me do a better job. It runs hundreds of tests, in seconds, and gives me the information I need to analyze a schedule regardless of whether I am the scheduler or the customer.

This presentation will show the large amounts of information that is available in the schedule and how to sift through it to see the “Forest for the Trees”. Analysis requirements are different from project to project and within the same project from phase to phase. The Schedule Detective does the grunt work by extracting a wide spectrum of information from the project schedule. Hundreds of queries can be performed on thousands of activities in less then a minute. The information is organized into multiple levels and geared towards producing reports. Most analysis is one dimensional in that it takes a snapshot of the schedule. The Schedule Detective, however, also discerns trends over time and extrapolates performance into the future.

Even though the Schedule Detective currently analyzes only MS Project Schedules, the presentation is filled with a large amount of information that every scheduler or manager can use.

John Krahula, PM Metrics

e-mail: johnmtnair@aol.com or info@pmmetrics.com

John has over 18 years of project management experience in major commercial and government contracting environments. He has extensive experience in developing and implementing project management control systems in diverse and demanding business environments such as aerospace and defense, energy, telecommunications, and municipal governments. He is an expert in planning and scheduling, developing tools for extracting data for analysis and reporting, and earned value management systems. John has a wealth of practical project management knowledge with strong technical expertise in a wide variety of software tools.

Tools Track

TT 12 - Leveraging Technology to Solve the Top 5 Challenges of Earned Value Management

Do you struggle to obtain management buy-in for your earned value initiatives? Do you feel it takes too long to produce reports your program team can trust? In this informative session, you’ll learn about the top 5 challenges of managing earned value derived from a special focus group at the November, 2007 Integrated Program Management Conference (IPM) in Alexandria, VA and how to leverage technology to help solve them. Key takeaways include learning how to demonstrate the value of an EVMS, how to get reliable reports, and a sneak peak at Deltek’s newest release of Cobra®, wInsight™ and Open Plan®.

Chris Bell, Deltek

Phone: (703) 885-9131 Fax: (703) 734-0346 E-Mail: chrisbell@deltek.com www.deltek.com

Chris Bell is a Senior Director of EPM Market Management at Deltek, the leading provider of enterprise applications software built specifically for project-focused businesses. Chris has worked with thousands of professionals working in earned value analysis, cost management, and estimating to quantify today’s most pervasive challenges facing these practitioners. He has moderated many industry panels at the leading program management and earned value management conferences and has over 14 years experience in program controls technology for highly engineered programs.

Chris incorporates technology into solutions designed to solve program controls process challenges. Using a proven framework, Chris helps teams balance the mix of people, process and technology to build centers of excellence and develop industry best practices.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Mansfield University, and has graduate credentials from Boston University and Oklahoma State University. He also holds certifications from the Construction Industry Institute, Arizona State University and FMI. Before joining Deltek, he was working as an Industry Manager for Primavera Systems.

Roland Atencio, Deltek

Phone: (703) 885-9337 E-Mail: rolandatencio@deltek.com www.deltek.com

Roland Atencio is a Senior Field Systems Engineer specializing in Deltek’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) applications--Open Plan®, Cobra® and the wInsight™ toolkit suite, including various web applications. While at Deltek, Roland has worked in technical support, trainer, and technical consultant roles, with extended consultations with various customers on high-level projects and programs, such as the Bell V-22 Helicopter and Agusta Westland Bell Presidential Helicopter programs.

Prior to his tenure with Deltek, Roland served in business modeling, systems deployment, budget and schedule consultant roles for various software and consulting firms whose clients included U.S. and foreign governments, colleges, non-profit organizations and defense, aerospace, technology and manufacturing firms.

Roland earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from California University at Fullerton. Roland also graduated from the US Army Flight School at Fort Rucker where he became an Army Aviator and flew UH-1 and OH-58 on Active and Reserve Units for 12 years.