Government Agency Solutions from Dekker - Overview
Unmatched Oversight and Assessment Tools
The Dekker PMIS™ (Program Management Information System) software suite forms the basis of the Department of Energy’s new PARS II (Project Assessment and Reporting System) implementation. Find out how Dekker tools can improve performance at other agencies, as well.
Dekker software solutions meet OMB ARRA funding requirements, and Dekker's involvement can stregthen bids for Stimulus funding. Visit the Dekker
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The ability to measure performance on multiple projects is absolutely essential for any program or project manager working within the federal government. Management must be able to align programs and projects with an agency’s strategic goals and objectives, but without a disciplined approach to monitoring and control, there are significant barriers that will hinder efforts to evaluate projects through their life cycles. Reliably reporting key performance indicators across the portfolio of projects necessary to meet an agency’s goals and objectives is not only mandated by the federal government, but it also provides managers with a method of determining whether or not a project will ultimately be successful. The only way to achieve this methodology is to employ the discipline of earned value management (EVM).
EVM enables project managers to generate progress reports that help internal and external stakeholders evaluate actual project performance against initial baselines. EVM functions as an early warning system that identifies potential problems while there is still time to correct them.
f you are a government agency needing to implement Earned Value reporting standards or improve your existing EVM implementation, Dekker can provide the solutions you need. Effective EVM implementation with Dekker will enable any agency to comply with government-mandated standards for project management data, such as:
- ANSI/EIA 748-A and B
- UN/CEFACT XML Standard for Project Management Data
- OMB Circular 17 Series 300
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- ISO 9000
Senior Executive Service (SES) level directors responsible for programs and projects and the program and project managers they work with are all affected when agencies and oversight organizations are unable to:
- Track a program’s or a project’s progress in association with capital investments
- Employ an objective and standardized approach to looking at programs, their supporting projects, and their overall integration with financial planning efforts
- Effectively allocate limited funding profiles to projects with the greatest impact on the agency
- Review historical trending analysis information in standard forms and reports, or
- Create reports related to Integrated Baseline Reviews
Dekker PMIS™ - Program Management Information System
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Dekker PMIS™ Software Suite provides cost, scheduling, resource and performance tracking, and actual cost integration at the program and project level, as well as PPM analysis tools, web-based functionality, and tools to generate and monitor action items and their associated personnel.
Oversight and Assessment Module. Dekker PMIS™ provides top-level management with the tools to set up and track programs and their contributing projects from inception to closeout. Managers can track gateway decision points, funding profiles, and key performance parameters throughout a program or project’s life cycle.
Program and Project Performance. Dekker PMIS™ provides senior management with a powerful way to view the performance of programs and their underlying projects. Drilldown dashboards provide in-context assessments of targeted forecasts and performance data that help inform business and assist management decision-making.
Systemic Features. Role-based security features, ad-hoc reporting, and the ability to analyze historical and current program and project data make the
Dekker PMIS™™ the most flexible and robust program management solution on the market today.
Technology Integration. The
Dekker PMIS™ software suite can integrate with existing software and server tools agencies and their contractors might already rely on, such as Microsoft® Project, Office or SQL Server, Primavera scheduling tools, and popular accounting software such as SAP.
Consulting and Training Solutions
Dekker, Ltd. has helped government agencies, contractors, and Fortune 500 companies implement program and project management disciplines since 1984. Dekker provides consulting services that enable organizations to rethink their approach to program and project management, create processes that maximize the performance of resource investments, and eliminate common barriers to success.
Improper implementation of EVM hurts agencies and their contractors by both diverting project professionals from actual project management and by risking poor tracking of capital resources. That’s why Dekker, Ltd. offers consulting services with or without purchase of Dekker software. With 25 years experience and a track record providing solutions to the Departments of Energy, Defense, Health and Human Services, and many others, Dekker, Ltd. is an expert in Earned Value Management. Dekker’s consulting services allow customers to leverage that expertise to implement EVM efficiently.
Through the Dekker University program, on-site, and web-based courses, Dekker, Ltd. offers training in beginning through advanced Program and Project Management, Earned Value Management, and Dekker software tools. As a Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider, all Dekker courses earn attendees valuable Professional Development Units (PDUs).
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