Defense and Civilian Agency Solutions

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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. 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).

With roots dating back to the Department of Defense in the 1960s, EVM has blossomed into a widely used project management discipline in the public sector, due in no small part to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives that mandate its use by civilian agencies. With EVM, project managers are able to generate progress reports that help them evaluate actual performance against initial baselines. Ultimately, 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 defense and civilian agencies to incorporate an EVM system so that they can more effectively manage their projects and programs. Dekker also provides the necessary tools to automate data capture for the following earned value reporting requirements:

• 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”

For more information about how Dekker can make earned value work for you, please click here or call 1-800-4-DEKKER.

Education

A variety of continuing EVM 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 for defense and civilian agencies needing to meet specific government earned value reporting requirements and/or employ earned value analysis and management disciplines 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 earned value management (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

Dekker products seamlessly integrate 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 agency clients include, but are not limited to:

• Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• General Services Administration (GSA)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• U.S. Air Force
• U.A. Army
• U.S. Navy
• Stanford Research Institute