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Government*Horizons Inc. Training Series™

Earned Value Management Essentials
EVM Reporting and Analysis Overview

May 28, 2008 - Earned Value Management Overview (Past)
June 25, 2008 - Earned Value Management Baseline Planning (Past)
Sept 10, 2008 - Earned Value Management Reporting and Analysis

PRICE Systems Training Center
Arlington, Va
703-740-0083

Each workshop is recommended for 8 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) toward DAWIA, FAC-C, FAC-COTR and FAC-P/PM requirements. A Government*Horizons Certificate of Completion will be provided to all attendees upon conclusion of the workshop.

“Took a complicated topic and simplified it; I enjoyed it. I feel like I can use what I learned today immediately.” - Dorothy Horvat, Budget Analyst, Department of Health and Human Services

Registration: 8:30 AM
Program Starts: 9:00 AM
Wrap-up: 4:00 PM

Course materials and light refreshments are included in your registration fee.

 About These Workshops:

Earned Value Management Overview

This one-day executive course introduces the fundamental business practices of project management, utilizing earned value principles and methodologies. The one-day overview is designed to provide an appreciation for the role of EVM within the Federal CPIC Management environment, how it applies to Agency processes and people, and its impact on suppliers to the Agency Programs.

Earned Value Management Baseline Planning

This one-day course introduces the fundamental objectives, processes and importance of integrated baseline planning for EVM. The one-day overview is designed to provide the essential aspects of Work Breakdown Structure Development, integrated scheduling to support EVM planning, budgeting concepts, and integration of performance measurement techniques. The EVM Baseline Planning Overview course also provides a summary overview of the objectives and processes involved in the ANSI-748 Integrated Baseline Review.

EVM Reporting and Analysis Overview

This one-day course introduces the processes involved in operating an integrated Earned Value Management project control system. The one-day overview is designed to provide an appreciation for the mechanisms that produce EVM data elements, the processes for summarizing and analyzing those elements and the standard reporting formats that are unique in an EVM environment.

Who Should Attend:

• Program/Project Managers
• Contracting officers
• COR/COTRs
• Contract and Subcontract Administrators
• Quality Control/Assurance Specialists
• Risk Management specialists

Past Attendees Include:

BizTech, Inc., Sr. Business Analyst
BSIT, Program Manager
General Dynamics Info Technology, Sr. Program Manager
Health and Human Services, Budget Analyst
ITT Aerospace/Communication, Sr. Program Analyst
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.,Exec. VP, Company Integration
Lockheed Martin, Financial Analyst
NASA Langley Research Ctr., Cost Analysis Officer
Sensor Technologies, Sr. Budget Analyst
The Boeing Company, Sr. Manager
US Coast Guard, Management Analyst
WR-ALC, Sr. Business Analyst

Course Outlines:

Earned Value Management Baseline Planning:

Agenda and Objective

  • Learning objectives for today’s course material

Components of an EVM Baseline

  • Importance of a baseline
  • The four step process of a successful baseline
  • Common Baseline Planning Flaws

Structures and Elements of EVM Performance Measurement Baselines

  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Organizational Breakdown Structure
  • Responsibility Assignment Matrix
  • Control Accounts
  • Work Packages and Planning Packages

Scheduling Concepts for EVM Baseline Planning

  • Overview of Scheduling Techniques
  • Integrated Master Schedule
  • Scheduling and Control Account Planning
  • Scheduling Integration

Budgeting Concepts and EVM Baseline Planning

  • EVM Budgeting Conventions
  • Cost Estimating and Budget Planning
  • Cost Risk Analysis and Management Reserve
  • Cost Elements and Rates for Budget Planning

Integrated EVM Baseline Consolidation

  • Bottom-up Performance Measurement Baseline
  • Timephased Budget Planning
  • Earned Value Techniques
  • Rolling Wave Planning Concepts

EVM Baseline Review, Acceptance and Implementation

  • Internal Management Review
  • Integrated Baseline Reviews
  • Baseline Maintenance Considerations

Wrap-up

 

EVM Reporting and Analysis Overview:

Agenda and Objective

  • Learning objectives for today’s course material

Project Control Concepts and Performance Measurement

  • Performance Measurement Baseline
  • Scope, Schedule and Budget Authorization Processes
  • Change Management and Project Control

EVM Reporting Processes

  • EVMS Roles and Reporting Basics
  • Schedule Status basics
  • Actual cost collection basics
  • Control Account Level Reporting – BCWS, BCWP and ACWP
  • Performance Reporting from External Parties
  • Cost Performance Report- Formats 1-5

Cost / Schedule Performance Situation Analysis

  • Basic EVM Data Analysis Process
  • Labor Cost and Schedule Variances
  • Material Cost and Schedule Variances
  • Services Cost and Schedule Variances
  • The Control Account Variance Analysis Process
  • Program Situation Analysis and Diagnostics

EVM-based Trend Analysis

  • Incremental versus cumulative views
  • Performance Indices
  • Program Summary versus WBS Element Analysis
  • Program Summary versus OBS Summary Analysis
  • Critical Path and Schedule Considerations

At Completion Data Analysis

  • The Contractor ETC Process
  • The PMO EAC Evaluation Process – feasibility assessment
  • PMO Independent EACs
  • Predictive techniques

Wrap-up and Close

*Agenda is subject to change

About Your Instructor:

Bill Mathis
Senior Director, Government Solutions Division
PRICE Systems, LLC

Mr. Mathis has developed more than 200 custom EVM training packages since 1985. In addition to earned value management principles, Mr. Mathis is also a recognized expert in program planning and budgeting, program cost and resource management, and integrated program scheduling. He is a frequent speaker promoting the practice of "predictive" EVM.

Contact Us:

  • For registration and billing information, please email Customer Service or call 703-412-9283 x222

Registration Fee:

Register for two or more workshops and save! (Must be booked and paid at the same time.)

Multiple Workshop Pricing:

* Industry (includes gov't contractors) - $ 545 per person/per workshop
* Small Business (less than 100 employees) - $445 per workshop/per person
* Government employees - $345 per workshop/per person

Single Workshop Pricing:

* Industry (includes gov't contractors) - $ 595 per person
* Small Business (less than 100 employees) - $495 per person
* Government employees - $ 395 per person

Registration Options:

To register, fax in the Registration Form below to 703-412-9286.

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Government*Horizons
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 710
Arlington, VA 22202

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CANCELLATION POLICY: You may designate a substitute in writing any time before the event. If you need to cancel your registration, you must send your notice in writing and will be subject to a $50 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations received one week prior to the event start date or later. PLEASE NOTE: No shows will be liable for the entire registration fee. In the rare occasion that the event is cancelled or postponed, please note our reimbursement is limited to paid tuition only.

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Location and Nearby Hotel Information:

The workshop will be held at the PRICE Systems training center, 1700 N. Moore Street, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209.

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Additional nearby hotels include:

Hyatt Arlington
1325 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA (0.05 miles away)
703-525-1234

Best Western -- Washington Key Bridge
1850 Fort Myer Dr, Arlington, VA (0.07 miles away)
703-522-0400

Hyland Group
1911 Fort Myer Dr, Arlington, VA (0.15 miles away)
703-812-9400

Residence Inn-Rosslyn
1651 N Oak St, Arlington, VA (0.16 miles away)
703-812-8400

Holiday Inn Rosslyn @ Key Bridge
1900 N FORT MYER DRIVE, ARLINGTON, VA (0.17 miles away)
877-410-6681

On-Site Training:

Have a Large Staff to Train? Can't Make These Dates? Tight Travel Budget?

Government*Horizons can provide training, wherever and whenever you need, including on-site at your facility. Our staff will cost-effectively implement training customized to your needs. If you have group of attendees (usually 15 or more), we can bring this course to you and help save you time, travel costs, and more!

To request a proposal and schedule training, e-mail Laura Johnson, President, at ljohnson@governmenthorizons.org or call 703-412-9283 x223.

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