Can the ANSI/EIA-748 EVMS requirements be satisfied with a commercial software product? |
There are a number of commercial software products that can help companies achieve their Earned Value Management goals but the implementation a software product alone will not satisfy the ANSI/EIA 748 EVMS requirements. Similar to an ERP implementation, an EVMS implementation is more about business transformation than technology implementation. The technology arm of the EVMS is an enabling tool (such as Cobra or MPM), but the business must transform to successfully satisfy the criteria and effectively and efficiently use the EVMS to predict and improve project performance.
Successful EVMS implementations require an integration of people, processes and technology. It requires involvement from virtually all project and support personnel, a modification to many of the existing business processes and an integration of new and existing software systems to enable the following:
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 November 2008 02:10 |