What is EVMS? An Earned Value Management System (EVMS) is the integrated set of processes, roles, data, tools and management practices used to plan authorized work, measure its accomplishment, capture
Earned Value Management (EVM): Complete Guide
Earned value management (EVM) is a program-control method that integrates technical scope, schedule and budget to measure performance objectively. It answers three basic questions: How much work did we plan
How to Review an IMS Before Customer Delivery
An effective IMS schedule review confirms more than whether the file opens and passes a metric screen. Before customer delivery, the scheduler should verify contractual compliance, status integrity, network logic,
When Are Lags Appropriate in a Project Schedule?
Schedule lags are appropriate when a relationship requires a real, measurable passage of time and no work, resources, or meaningful progress occurs during that interval. A fixed curing, drying, cooling,
Hard Constraints vs Soft Constraints in Scheduling
The difference between hard vs soft constraints is how severely each one restricts a schedule’s response to network logic. In a forward-scheduled network, a soft constraint prevents an activity from
DCMA High Duration Activities
The DCMA high duration check identifies unfinished schedule activities with a baseline duration greater than 44 working days. Under the commonly used Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point schedule assessment,
DCMA Hard Constraints Check
The DCMA hard constraints check measures the percentage of incomplete activities restricted by Must Start On, Must Finish On, Start No Later Than, or Finish No Later Than dates. The
DCMA Relationship Types and FS Logic
The DCMA relationship types metric measures the proportion of finish-to-start (FS), start-to-start (SS), finish-to-finish (FF) and start-to-finish (SF) relationships in a schedule. Under the commonly used 14-point assessment criteria, FS
DCMA Leads Check Explained
The DCMA leads check identifies predecessor relationships that contain negative lag. A lead allows a successor activity to start or finish before the relationship would otherwise permit. For example, an
DCMA Lags Check Explained
The DCMA lags check measures how often positive lag appears in the logic relationships of an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). The familiar screening target is approximately 5 percent or less.