Government Contractor Solutions
As an organization bidding for contracts with the federal government, you straddle the fence between the private and the public sectors. Not only must you protect your own profit, but you must also adhere to the strict auditing and performance reporting standards mandated by the federal government. When bidding and working on capital projects, the only way for you as a government contractor to successfully meet the demands of both worlds is to embrace and implement the discipline of earned value management (EVM).When executed properly, EVM is a natural byproduct of an effective project management process. Effective project management enables government contractors to accurately track project cost, schedule, resources and performance across an organization’s entire project portfolio. Armed with this information, contractors can easily monitor project performance and accumulate a history of accurate project performance data that can be used to successfully bid on future government contracts.
As a byproduct of sound project management, EVM enables project managers to generate progress reports that help them and other stakeholders to 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.
Dekker offers a wide range of education and products that enable government contractors to incorporate effective project and earned value management processes so that they can more effectively manage their projects and programs. Dekker also provides the necessary tools to automate data capture for the following regulatory standards and earned value reporting requirements:
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Six Sigma
- ISO 9000
- Total Quality Management
- Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System”
- ANSI/EIA Standard 748-98A, “Earned Value Management Systems”
- OMB Circular A-11, Part 7, “Planning, Budgeting, Acquisition, and Management of Capital Assets”
- Client or contract-specific performance indicators
Industry-Specific Solutions
Education
Designed around Dekker-based applications, a variety of EVM and project management training courses are available through Dekker University online or at one of our two conveniently located campuses in Ontario, California, and Reston, Virginia.For more information on Dekker University and the types of courses offered, please click here or call 1-800-4-DEKKER.
Products
Dekker products designed specifically for government contractors needing to meet specific earned value reporting requirements and/or implement a disciplined and systematic project management approach include:
- Dekker PMIS™ (Project Management Information System; i.e., Dekker’s entire suite of project management products, including full EVM versions of TRAKKER, iPursuit, Traction and iPortfolio) delivers a full project portfolio management (PPM) tool, which allows users to track, control and analyze all projects and programs throughout the organization’s portfolio.
- Dekker TRAKKER® is the core product of Dekker’s project management information system (PMIS). TRAKKER integrates cost, schedule, resources, and performance information into an enterprise project management (EPM) system, complete with EVM capabilities.
- Dekker iPursuit® is a robust earned value analysis (EVA) and oversight tool that enables organizations to monitor performance on a single project or throughout the entire enterprise.
- Dekker Traction™ provides a method of measuring operational performance metrics; enables organizations to align projects to strategic objectives and operational goals; and provides the ability to perform project risk assessment.
- Dekker iPortfolio® allows project teams and management to share and access data remotely and securely via the Internet.
For more information on Dekker’s product solutions, please click here or call 1-800-4-DEKKER.
Integration
Every Dekker product seamlessly integrates with the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software your project team members currently use and that resides on your desktop or server, such as:
- Microsoft® Office (including Excel and Word), Project, and Visio
- Databases, including Oracle® Database and Microsoft® Access and SQL Server
- Financial Packages, including Oracle® Financials, SAP®, Deltek®, JAMIS®, Microsoft® Dynamics, and Intuit® Quickbooks®
- Dozens of other COTS software
To learn more about the integration and compatibility of Dekker’s project management information system, please click here or call 1-800-4-DEKKER.
Current Clients
Current government contractor clients include, but are not limited to:
- ARINC
- Augusta Western Bell
- General Atomics
- General Dynamics
- Lockheed Martin
- ManTech
- Northrup Grumman
- Raytheon Aircraft
- SAIC