EVMS Implementation

Build a system that
actually works.

EVMS implementation is often treated as a compliance exercise. In practice, successful implementations are built around how the work is defined, planned, and executed. If the structure is wrong, the system will not hold — regardless of compliance.

Where implementations break down

Most EVMS failures trace back to the same structural problems — surfacing at review or under scrutiny.

WBS is not product-oriented

Work is not structured in a way that supports planning, control, or performance measurement at a meaningful level.

Schedule is disconnected

The schedule is not built from the work breakdown, breaking logic, sequencing, and traceability between the plan and execution.

Cost and schedule not integrated

Cost structures and schedule logic do not align, making performance measurement unreliable from the first reporting cycle.

System is compliant but unusable

Processes exist on paper, but teams cannot operate them effectively under real program conditions.

Implementation built on program reality.

Define the work

Establish a product-oriented WBS with control accounts and work packages that reflect how the program executes.

Build the plan from it

Develop a logic-driven schedule tied directly to the work, ensuring traceability and sequencing from WBS to activity level.

Integrate cost and schedule

Align cost structures to the schedule to form a defensible Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).

Make it operational

Ensure CAMs, planners, and analysts can execute the system — not just comply with it — under real operating conditions.

Keep it running

Once stood up, we can run the system month over month — monthly EVM cycles, IPMDAR reporting, variance analysis, and CAM support so the system continues to function as intended over time.

Where we work.

New systems

Programs implementing EVMS for the first time under ANSI/EIA-748 and DFARS 234.2, from proposal preparation and system description through IBR.

System resets

Existing environments that need to be restructured to function properly and align with current DCMA surveillance expectations under the DECM model.

Compliance alignment

Systems being aligned to ANSI/EIA-748 guidelines as interpreted by the DoD EVMSIG and assessed under current DCMA review practices.

Program scale

Programs at or above the $50M and $100M DFARS thresholds where compliant or validated EVMS is required under current DoD policy.

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