2019 EVM Practitioners' Forum

Overview
Dates/Locations
Agenda
Accreditation
Travel

Overview

The 9th Annual EVM Practitioners' Forum is organized by EVM application users to share best practices and help others become more effective in their use of EVM tools, analysis, and reporting.

More than 90% of the 2018 post symposium survey responses rated it as 'excellent' or 'very good', and that it provided a great deal of value to their job or organization.

October 9-10
UVA Darden Conference Center,
Arlington (Roslyn), VA

The primary themes for this year's conference include:

EVM for Enterprise solutions and system integration

Planning and Scheduling
Integrating agile development methods with the integrated master schedule (IMS)
Agile & EVM
Measuring progress for Agile projects
Agile performance metrics

EVM for Complex systems and manufacturing

Scheduling and quantifiable backup data
Schedule Risk Analysis
Using the IMS to improve project performance
EVM in a production environment
EVMS Data Driven Metrics
EVMS Certification

EVM for the New Project Control Analyst

EVMS Implementation
Developing a baseline
Cost and schedule integration
VAR analysis
Managing change

For a look at the detailed agenda for this year's EVM Practitioners' Forum, click here.

2018 EVMP PRESENTATIONS
The EVMP Forum is committed to helping attendees improve their personal skills and their organizations processes for project controls. Click here to view presentations from the 2018 EVMP.

Dates/Locations

No upcoming dates/locations at this time

Agenda

Day 1

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Each day the Registration Desk opens and continental breakfast is served from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

DAY 1

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Overview

8:45 a.m.
Integrated Program Management for Service Contracts

Patrick Moylan PMP, Acting Director of Operations, DHS Science & Technology, Plum Island Animal Disease Center

9:30 a.m.
NDIA Integrated Program Management Division Panel on the New Integrated Program Management Data Report
Dan Lynch, Program Management Excellence, Raytheon Missile Systems
Vaughn Schlegel, Lockheed Martin
Scott LaFrance, Clearplan

10:15 a.m.
BREAK

10:30 a.m.
DoD New Integrated Program Management Data Report (IPMDR) Data Item Description (DID) Replacing the Integrated Program Management Reporting DID; IPMDR Processes; Electronic File Format and Submission; Anticipated Impact on EVM Central Repository Process
John McGahan, SPSG - Technical Manager / Chief Scientist, Tecolote Research

11:15 a.m.
The DOE's Implementation of EVMS Data Driven Metrics and Project Assessment and Reporting System (PARSII)
Melvin Frank, COE EVM Division, Project Controls (PM-30), Department of Energy Office of Project Management (PM)

12:00 p.m.
Lunch

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Scheduling Track	Agile and EVM Track
Using Schedule Sensitivity Analysis; Communicating Risk and Impacting Estimates to Complete John Owen, President, Barbecana	Agile Development Methodology Overview Jim Duffy, PMP from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Andrea Nibert from Leidos
Implementing and Using Earned Schedule at Idaho National Laboratory Andrea Gilstrap, PMP, EVP, Integrated Project Planning Office Lead, INL NDIA Intergrated Program Management Division Industry Collaboration Panel Dan Lynch, Raytheon Corporation	Integrating Agile and EVM - NDIA Guide (Part 1) Jim Duffy, PMP from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Andrea Nibert from Leidos Integrating Agile and EVM - NDIA Guide (Part 2) Jim Duffy, PMP from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Andrea Nibert from Leidos

5:00 p.m.
Networking reception hosted and sponsored by BDO

Day 2

8:30 AM - 4:45 PM

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Each day the Registration Desk opens and continental breakfast is served from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Overview

8:45 a.m.

Current Trends in DoD Integrated Program Management and New Integrated Program management Data Report (IPMDR) Data Item Description (DID)
John McGregor, Deputy Director, EVM Division of Acquisition, Analytics and Policy, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (ASD(A))

10:15 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.
Project Team Dynamics and Coaching CAMs

Laura Bier, Principal, PLAN + WRITE + TRAIN + SOLVE

Larry Potts, PMP - CEO, Technik Solutions Group
Jim Duffy, PMP from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
Andrea Nibert, Leidos

12:00 p.m.
Lunch

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

EVM Analysis & Reporting	Project Controls Analyst Track
Project Controls and Scheduling Hacks Using Excel to decompose Format %s and merging NASA 533 reports from Cobra Using Excel for resource loading the Project Schedule Bob Ameen, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls Matt Wojciechowski, President, IntraManagement Solutions	Taking the B.S. Out of WBS Development Laura Bier, Principal, PLAN + WRITE + TRAIN + SOLVE
Panel Discussion on Audit Preparations, Variance Analysis and EAC Realism with Trend Analysis Mitch Mueller, Lockheed Martin, RMS sInsight IT Support, Chair of the LM Corp wInsight Users Group Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Tim Gaughan, Pratt & Whitney Lauren Belknap, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls Using Your EVMS for Complete Project Analysis Cheryl (Outman) Saccucci, BAE Systems, Program Planning and Control	Forecasting Processes and Methods Helping CAMs identify forecast issues and develping estimates to complete Jessica Coral, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls Variance Analysis Process and Metrics Helping CAMs with analysis and writing VARs Roupenn Sayadian, Manager, BDO Project Controls

Accreditation

See Individual Courses For Available Credits

Certificates of Completion are provided to all seminar participants who attend Federal Publications Seminars courses following the event, upon request.

CPE: Continuing Professional Education

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

Delivery Method: Group-Live Classroom

Federal Publications Seminars is affiliated with West Professional Development and is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

For more information regarding administrative policies such as refunds, cancellations and complaints, please contact Federal Publications Seminars at 888.494.3696.

CPE Hours

This program is eligible for: n/a (CPE) hours of credit

Program Level: n/a

Program Prerequisite: n/a

Advance Preparation: n/a

Method: n/a

CLP: Continuous Learning Points

Approved for CLP by Defense Acquisition University

Defense Acquisition Workforce members must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points (CLP) every two years from the date of entry into the acquisition workforce for as long as the member remains in an acquisition position per DoD Instruction 5000.66. We will provide you with documentation of points awarded for completing the event.

CLP Hours

This program is eligible for: n/a (CLP) hours of credit

CLE: Continuing Legal Education

States have widely varying regulations regarding MCLE credit. LegalEdcenter is an approved provider in AL, AK, AR, CA, GA, IL, ME, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, and WV. Credit may be applied for in other jurisdictions on request and in accordance with state MCLE rules.

Please note that because some states are changing their policy on CLE reporting, you will need to fill out the request for credit from Federal Publications Seminars within 10 business days, or we may not be able to issue credits for the program.

CLE Hours

This program is eligible for: n/a (60 minutes), (50 minutes)

Travel

No travel information is available at this time