ARTICLES and TUTOTIAL

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1. Integrating Systems Engineering with Earned Value Management in Defense Acquisition, May 2004  

EV is quantitatively linked with:  

​ Technical performance measurement (TPM)  

​ Progress against requirements  

but the EVMS Standard states that Earned Value (EV) is a measurement of the ​quantity, not quality, of work accomplished.  

EVM can be more effective as a program management tool in defense acquisition if it is integrated with technical performance and if the EVM processes are augmented with a rigorous systems engineering (SE) process.  

2. SE and EVM Support for Performance-Based Awards, Jan. 2007  

3. EVM Acquisition Reform, Nov. 2010  

4. Path to EVM Acquisition Reform, May 2011  

5. A Contract Requirement Rule for Program Managers, Nov. 2015  

Recommends replacing the EVMS Standard EIA-748 with the Project Management Institute Standard, PMBOK® Guide.  

EVM, based on EIA-748, is primarily used by federal contractors when contractually required in defense acquisition. A more powerful tool is the ANSI standard that is used worldwide on a voluntary basis when there are no federal requirements, the PMBOK® Guide.  

A Program Manager’s needs that are covered by the PMBOK® Guide but are absent in EIA-748 include:  

· Technical or product baseline  

· Requirements management and traceability  

· Risk management  

6. Better Program Management Through Digital Engineering (DE) in Defense Acquisition, May/June 2022  

7. Better Program Management Through DE Updated, July/Aug. 2025

8. Basing Earned Value Management on Technical Performance in defense acquisition, Jan. 2013

16. Practical, Performance-Based Earned Value for defense acquisition projects, May 2006

17. Practical Software Measurement: Performance-Based Awards and Earned Value Management, Sept. 2001

9. Integrating earned value management with defense acquisition strategies, Part 2, 2016 Issue No. 4

10. Performance-based awards in Commercial IT Projects, 2010 Issue No. 2

11. Integrating Risk Management with Earned Value Management (Risk Management Comes Out of the Closet), June 1998

12. Agile Earned Value and the Technical Baseline in Defense Acquisition,

13. Technical Note CMU/SEI-2002-TN-016, Oct. 2002 "Using CMMI® to Improve Earned Value Management in Defense Acquisition and Performance-Based Awards"

14. The B-2 Bomber Team’s innovations in earned value management significantly enhance the defense acquisition process, making the program soar with performance-based awards, Jan./Feb. 2000.

15. Integrate systems engineering with earned value management and program management in the context of defense acquisition, both contractually and practically, March 11, 2020.