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October 20-21, 2021
6 courses
The EVM Practitioners’ Forum and Federal Publications Seminars (FPS) are excited to announce the 11th Annual Earned Value Management Practitioners’ (EVMP) Forum. The EVMP 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.

This 2-day training workshop is committed to helping attendees improve their personal skills and their organizations' processes for project controls. The Grounds occupy the top two floors of a state-of-the-art building that rises 31 stories above the Potomac River, offering sweeping views of the nation’s capital.
 
If you prefer to attend just one day of this virtual forum, you can do that:
We are very pleased to announce that Mr. David S. Cadman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acting), Office of Acquisition Enablers, will join us on October 20th.

He will be speaking on innovative data-driven acquisition practices that deliver warfighting capability at the speed of relevance. The Office of Acquisition Data and Analytics (ADA), a division of Acquisition Enablers, is the central office for major defense authorization performance assessment, root cause analysis, and earned value management within the Department of Defense (DoD). 

The post-conference surveys for the 2020 EVMP showed that attendees felt they received significant value from the information they received and
the people they met. In addition, the venue received high marks so we will be returning to the UVA Darden Conference Center, Arlington (Roslyn), VA. Presentations from the 2020 EVMP may be viewed and downloaded here


The EVMP Forum is committed to helping attendees improve their personal skills and their organization's processes for project controls and EVM. By attending EVM Practitioners Forum, you will be able to:
  • Get in-depth training on EVM that can address your implementation and compliance concerns
  • Enhance your forecasting and planning and strengthen your skillset
  • Access presentation materials after the workshop and present lessons learned to your team
  • Earn CPE credits
  • Learn about new Government policies and guidelines pertaining to EVM reporting
  • Network with other attendees to see how they apply EVM to their programs

Agenda - Day 1

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Get a comprehensive review and 'deep dive' into the new Department of Defense program performance reporting requirement called the Integrated Program Management Data Analysis and Report (IPMDAR). This is critical information for organizations that have received or are expecting to receive a DOD contract award with the new data item description DI-MGMT 81861B. As with the previous Integrated Program Management Reporting requirement, this new requirement will likely be adopted by other Federal Agencies. 

Keynote Presentations
  • Mr. John McGahan, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Acquisition Data & Analytics (ADA), Integrated Program Management Division, Program Manager, EVM Central Repository (EVM-CR), and
  • Ms. Jen Horner, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Acquisition Data & Analytics (ADA), Integrated Program Management Division, Deputy Program Manager EVM-CR. 
Time Wednesday - October 20th  
8:30 AM IPMDAR Workshop  
8:45 AM Mr. David S. Cadman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (acting), Office of Acquisition Enablers. Innovative data driven acquisition practices which deliver warfighting capability at the speed of relevance. The Office of Acquisition Data and Analytics (ADA), a division of Acquisition Enablers, is the central office for major defense authorization performance assessment, root cause analysis, and earned value management within the Department of Defense (DoD).  
9:15 AM Department of Defense New Integrated Program Management Data Analysis and Reporting (IPMDAR) Datafile Requirements
John McGahan, Technical Manager/Chief Scientist, Tecolote Research, Supporting the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Acquistion Data & Analytics (ADA), Integrated Program Management Division
 
10:45 AM Break  
11:00 AM Department of Defense EVM Central Repository (EVM-CR) Update for IPMDAR: Incremental Delivery, Reporting Requirements, File Tagging, Validation Rules, and Demonstration of the ADA IPM Training Portal.
Jen Horner, PARCA EVM-CR Deputy Program Manager, Tecolote Research, supporting the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Acquistion Data & Analytics (ADA), Integrated Program Management Division
 
 
12:30 PM Lunch  
  IPMDAR Workshop  
1:30 PM IPMDAR Deep Dive:  Implementing the Schedule Performance (SPD) and Contract Performance Dataset (CPD) - Part 1
Dave Scott, EVMP Forum, Jessica Coral, Elm Street Consulting, Roupenn Sayadian, Senior Manager BDO Project Controls, and Dan Demangos, Senior Solution Architect, Deltek
 
 
 
3:00 PM Break  
3:15 PM IPMDAR Deep Dive:  Implementing the Performance Narrative Report - Part 2
Jessica Coral, Elm Street Consulting, Roupenn Sayadian, Senior Manager BDO Project Controls, and Dan Demangos, Senior Solution Architect, Deltek
 
 
5:00 PM EVMP Forum Speakers and Attendees Networking Reception  
 

Agenda - Day 2

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Project Controls Analysts Track - Will provide important information and best practices for Project Controls Analysts regarding, organizing, planning, and the monthly 'battle rhythm' for program execution and reporting. There are also sessions on automating monthly program processes, dashboards, reporting, and EVMS compliance.

Agile Management Track  - Will provide critical information for organizing, planning, and executing software development programs using an Agile Development methodology for Federal Government contracts. Sessions also include applying EVM methods to Agile projects.

Keynote Presentation
  • Mr. Ivan Bembers, Chief EVM Center of Excellence, Cost and Acquisition Assessment Group (CAAG), National Reconnaissance Office.
  Thursday October 21st  
8:30 AM Project Controls Analyst Track Agile Management Track  
8:45 AM Project Organization and Development: Calendar, WBS, OBS, Resources, Rates, IMS, PMB, and EVTs
Bob Ameen, Director, BDO Project Controls
Kelsey Johnikin, Manager, BDO Project Controls
New Approaches to IBRs on Agile Programs,
Ivan Bembers, Chief EVM Center of Excellence, Cost and Acquistion Assessment Group (CAAG), National Reconnaissance Office
 
9:45 AM A Month in the Life of a Project Controls Analyst
Salatur Rahman, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls, Kelsey Johnikin, Manager, BDO Project Controls
1+1=3: The Power of Your Schedule and Agile Tools Working Together
Laura Bier, Vytal Solutions
 
10:45 AM Break  
11:00 AM Project Controls Analyst Pitfalls and Best Practices
Roupenn Sayadian, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls
Kelsey Johnikin, Manager, BDO Project Controls
Agile Development Methodology Overview (Part 1)
Jim Duffy, Raytheon Technologies, Andrea Nibert, Leidos
 
 
12:00 PM Lunch  
  Project Controls Analyst Track Agile Management Track  
1:00 PM Forecasting Processes and Methods - Helping CAMs Identify Forecast Issues and Develop EACs
Jessica Coral, Elm Street Consulting
Agile Development Methodology Overview (Part 2)
Jim Duffy, Raytheon Technologies, Andrea Nibert, Leidos
 
 
1:45 PM Variance Analysis Process and Metrics - Helping CAMs Analyze and Write to Variances
Roupenn Sayadian, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls, Salatur Rahman, Senior Manager, BDO Project Controls
Integrating Agile and EVM – NDIA Guide (Part 1)
Jim Duffy, Raytheon Technologies, Andrea Nibert, Leidos, Andrew Witkowski, Raytheon Technologies
 
2:30 PM Break  
2:45 PM Streamlining Project Controls Processes and Utilizing Dashboards to Facilitate Program Reporting and Reviews
Lauren Belknap, Senior Manager, Roupenn Sayadian, Senior Manager, Bob Ameen, Director, BDO Project Controls
Integrating Agile and EVM – NDIA Guide (Part 2)
Jim Duffy, Raytheon Technologies, Andrea Nibert, Leidos, Andrew Witkowski, Raytheon Technologies
 
4:15 PM EVMS Compliance and Preparing for a Validation Review Dave Scott, EVMP Forum Reporting Tip and Tricks: Using Excel to Decompose Format 5's and Merge NASA 533 reports From Cobra
Bob Ameen, Director, BDO Project Controls
 
5:00 PM Adjournment  
 


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EVM Practitioners' Forum invites all Government employees to attend the EVM Practitioners' Forum and receive a 40% discount off your registration fee

In order to take advantage of this promotion, please call 888.494.3696, mention you are a government employee and this promo code: 40EVM2021.

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  • General Information
    This is a "live" virtual event. You'll receive links to join 2 sessions on Day 1.  You will also receive links to join 4 sessions because there are 2 tracks you can attend.  You can select the "track" that will be most valuable to you.