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 Mr.
Robert Ramsey, BS (Aerospace Technology), EVMP®
Former Project Manager & Assistant Main Base Architect
(for the: Product
Modifications 11L, 13L & 16L Diesel Engine Platforms,
US 04 & 07 Emissions Certification)
Volvo Power
train of North America, Hagerstown, Maryland,
USA
"Project
Manager of Engineering for Volvo Power train, Hagerstown, MD managing
product modifications with budgets up to $1.5M. Functions included
Development of Forecast Budgets and Resource management in all aspects of
Engine Development and Test for Product Modification Requests.
Assistant Main Base Architect of Engineering for Volvo Power train Lyon,
France for US04 & 07 Emissions Development of 11L diesel engine."
"The EVMP® course presented by Earned Value Management Institute®
offers the most valuable take away knowledge of any Professional Project
Management training I have experienced! I have been through many
seminars and training sessions including High Profile Project Management
Training with the most experienced Instructors."
"With this course (EVMP®),
presented by Earned Value Management Institute®, a thorough understanding of
Earned Value
Analysis & Project Controls
are taught as
motivating and empowering. Completion of the EVMP®
has taken Project Management to new levels of potential for me as a leader. The EVMP® has had a
rejuvenating effect on my view of Project Management. The drive and inspirational
teaching from EVMI® Instruction plus the expectation of completing the EVMI® testing sets EVMP® miles higher. Having
successfully completed the EVMP®
certification course testing enhances the degree
of confidence needed to implement all EVMP® tools to every project."
- Submitted
By: Mr. Robert Ramsey, 25th February 2010
Acronym Key:
EVMP®
- Earned Value Management Professional®
BS – Bachelor of Science
MD - State of
Maryland, USA _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 Ms. Debbie Hillard, BS
(Accounting), MBA (Information Systems), EVMP®
Vice President/ Division
Director/Program Manager
Health Information Systems
Division,
Gunnison Consulting Group, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
“As
Vice
President in charge of Gunnison’s Health Information Systems Division, Ms. Hillard and her Team have been supporting Westat
in their most ambitious health related research projects (such as the
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is one of the
largest and most complex surveys that collects data on our nation’s health)
for almost 15 years. Ms. Hillard is a senior technology specialist and program manager with more than
25 years of successful experience in designing, developing, and managing
large-scale system integration and development programs.”
“After successfully budgeting and estimating large systems integration,
development and business process re-engineering projects for many years, I
did not think I would gain much from the EVMP® class, but since many
contracts are now coming out with EVM as a requirement, I felt compelled to
take the class. I had assumed that the class would focus on how to
generate the required reports but it was an extremely comprehensive
and well presented overview of program management, risk management,
quality management, how to ensure your processes and systems are EVM
compliant as well as the technical aspects of how to schedule activities,
budget to those activities, and ensure your projects are on schedule and
within budget.”
“We have recently undergone a CMMI business process improvement initiative
to standardize some of our processes and procedures. By incorporating
EVM into these processes, it will help us to monitor and control each of our
tasks in a more standardized way and to ensure quality in all our products
and services”
- Submitted
By: Ms. Debbie Hillard, 30th October 2009
Acronym Key:
CMMI
- Capability Maturity Model Integration
EVMP®
- Earned Value Management Professional®
EVMS – Earned Value Management Systems
EVM – Earned Value
Management
BS – Bachelor of Science
MBA –
Master of Business Administration
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Mr. Jim Gibbons, EVMP®, PMP®,
ITIL®, CTT+
Program Analyst at Systems Made Simple (SMS) Syracuse,
New York, USA
“As a
Program Analyst assigned to a Federal Civilian Agency in Washington DC,
my primary duties are centered on the development of IT Program
Management policies, standards and governance through the conduct of
Program Management (Focused) Reviews, Milestone Reviews, Operational
Analysis, and monitoring compliance with cost, schedule, and performance
goals (EVM) for major IT initiatives.
"As a
result of attaining the EVMP® certification from EVMI®, I was able to
immediately apply direct knowledge and EVM planning considerations in
my role as a key team member on an ANSI-748 EVMS Compliance program,
as well as an overarching Integrated Program Management initiative here
at the Department. In the course of developing of a standardized WBS for
use in an IMP/IMS model, we were able to clearly articulate and
emphasize the critical importance of planning for, and embedding EVM
strategies and practices early in the planning and scheduling
processes." "The skills and knowledge gained through my EVMP®
certification training were instrumental to our team’s development of an
EVMS compliance program. Our implementation plan was augmented
with an EVMS Compliance Toolkit containing SOP’s, self-assessment
checklists and a CER handbook, as well as process validation and testing
procedures. We elected to demonstrate EVMS compliance on a target
program and validate the processes necessary to achieve EVMS compliance
during this demonstration. The end goal to set in place an EVMS
compliance program with repeatable processes that can be instituted by
all Exhibit 300 Programs in order to achieve EVMS compliance."
"My EVMP® training experience and EVMI®’s focus on the
management concepts related to Earned Value, rather than simply the
mathematical mechanics helped us to detail a plan to transform
the practice from a mandated series of reports, beyond an early warning
system, and into an executable program management mindset and
technique”
- Submitted
By: Mr. Jim Gibbons, 24th August 2009
Acronym Key:
EVMP®
- Earned Value Management Professional®
EVMI®
- Earned Value Management Institute®
EVMS – Earned Value Management Systems
EVM – Earned Value
Management
IMS- Integrated Master Schedule
IMP – Integrated Master Plan
CER – Compliance Evaluation Review
WBS – Work Breakdown Structure
SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
ANSI-748 - Earned
Value Management Industry Standards (32 Criteria)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mr. Arnold Reynolds,
MS (Mathematics), MS (Information Systems), EVMP®
Earned Value Management
Subject Matter Expert, Principal Consultant
SENTINEL Program at Federal
Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)
Keane Federal Systems, McLean, Virginia
USA
"The
SENTINEL Program is a state-of-the-art, enterprise-wide level program
that will replace several current legacy systems. It will
institute new workflow and business processes for all FBI
employees, and establish critical infrastructure components for
future IT development." "I have
over 15 years experience in Project Management and in Earned Value
Management and was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the course and
exercises that I participated in while attaining the EVMP®
certification. My job primarily is to advise PMO on the
contractor’s EVM reports, processes, and policies, to write program EVMS
reports, to respond to several oversight groups, and to make sure that
SENTINEL remains ANSI 748B compliant."
"The
EVMP® certification program, with absolute certainty gave me valuable
knowledge and confidence as a leader and practitioner of EVM that I can to
do all these things better. When I speak on aspects of EVM, I am
reflecting EVM best practices, and its highest standards. I feel an even
greater degree of professionalism, and an amazing degree of foresight in
seeing beforehand the many challenges and obstacles that affect so many
software development efforts, and may help put things in place to reduce,
avoid and mitigate some of those perceived risk."
"My
program manager once said to me that he wanted an EVMS program that was on
steroids. The SENTINEL program with very few exceptions is a textbook EVM
system. An individual new to EVM looked through the course book and Project
Management book and remarked that we really do follow the books. We
remarked that EVM must not just be theory but something you practice. Our
EVM system is well integrated with other aspects of the SENTINEL including
Financial, Requirements, Technical, Quality, and Risk. Even so the EVMP®
certification program has fostered some process improvement in several
areas."
- Submitted
By: Mr. Arnold Reynolds, 26th August 2009
Acronym Key:
EVMP®
- Earned Value Management Professional®
EVMS – Earned Value Management Systems
EVM – Earned Value
Management
IT - Information
Technology
PMO - Program Management Office
ANSI-748 - Earned
Value Management Industry Standards (32 Criteria)
MS –
Master of Science
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Mr. William D. Jenison,
BS (Industrial Engineering), ME (Industrial Engineering), MS (Systems Management), EVMP®
Earned Value Management
Specialist
Confidential Agency, Virginia, USA
"Your EVMP®
course which I just completed reinforces my experience over the years with
EVM. As an industry standard and best practice, EVM provides transparency
and accountability of a project’s performance from the Control Account
Manager all the way to executive level managers. Further, as you
emphasized during the course, senior management support and the integration
of EVM with other management controls, such as Risk Management,
Configuration Management, Schedule Management, Engineering Management, and
Quality Management are essential elements of effective project management.
With strong management support and the integration of these controls the
project manager’s chances for managing costs, schedules, and delivering a
quality product are greatly improved."
- Submitted
By: Mr. William Jenison, 14th October 2009
Acronym Key:
"You" is in reference
to Kwaku Akyeampong, Senior Technical Lead & EVMP®
Program Instructor
EVMP®
- Earned Value Management Professional®
EVMS – Earned Value Management Systems
EVM – Earned Value
Management
BS – Bachelor of Science
MS –
Master of Science
ME –
Master of Engineering
________________________________________________________________________________________
 Mr.
Minh-Nhat Ngo, BS (Economics), MBA Candidate, EVMP®
Earned Value Management & Financial Analyst at PRAXIS, Virginia, USA
Mr. Minh-Nhat Ngo
works as Earned Value Management (EVM) & Financial Analyst
at PRAXIS providing Earned Value Management Advisory Services to the US Department of the Navy, in
Washington DC. “After receiving my EVMP®
certification, I learned to address any variances and program
problems before they escalate into something major. I learned how
to bring the program's problems to meetings to brainstorm a
resolution. In addition, I learned that to run a program
successfully, you have to allocate the program's responsibility
down to the CAMs and across to team members. I also gained more insight on how to calculate program variances and
mitigate program risks; and that allocating the responsibility to
the CAMs will make the program run smoother.”
- Submitted By: Mr. Minh-Nhat Ngo on 24th August, 2009
Acronym Key:
CAM –
Control Account Manager
BS – Bachelor of Science
MBA –
Master of Business Administration
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