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Bill Altman January 30, 2013

PM Tool Vendor Panel Discussion. Bill Altman January 30, 2013. How this panel started. Suggested as a topic by PM Outreach Working Group Initial list of vendors came from list provided by PARCA Added some vendors from other sources

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Bill Altman January 30, 2013

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  1. PM Tool Vendor Panel Discussion Bill Altman January 30, 2013

  2. How this panel started • Suggested as a topic by PM Outreach Working Group • Initial list of vendors came from list provided by PARCA • Added some vendors from other sources • This list is not inclusive – other vendors exist but including ALL vendors would make this panel unwieldy (we probably would leave someone out) • My apologies for those who felt excluded

  3. Candidate questions provided to vendors • When DCMA started utilizing cost and schedule metrics a few years ago, we (industry) all generated “home grown” tools to track same data. What is being done to collaborate with the government so that COTS tools for these standard measurements can quickly be developed in advance and distributed so that we can eliminate the need for each company to have to develop their own tools. What do you see on the horizon for tools that will help us with DCMA compliance/surveillance audits? • What types of software products/tools are available to track Program change management for cost/schedule/technical (such as power and weight) and once authorized would generate an automated work authorization form? • Is there a COTs tool for tracking Program Action Items? • Cost and Schedule has always needed to be linked; however, this has always been difficult. Is anything being developed to simplify this process? • Will anyone be offering a “suite” of PM tools (for example: cost/schedule/risk management/change management/metrics/dashboards) that all tie and work together? • What is shaping the decisions in application development – e.g. features? • In light of the economic conditions, there is concern whether new features/release – how are economic conditions impacting? • What features do you have to provide useful information for CAMs, PMs, non-Financial Managers?

  4. Panel Rules • Each panelists will have a strict 10 minutes to present their summary of tool capabilities • Please no questions during the presentations. • There will be 15 minutes for the audience at the end of all the presentations to ask questions and discuss features they would like to see incorporated in future tools/releases • Hold off your questions until the end of all presentations • Please do not raise issues that would embarrass a particular vendor or disclose private conversations between you and a particular vendor

  5. Panel Participants • Acumen – Brad Arterbury • Ares – Wendy Freeman • SAP – Jim Davis • Encore Analytics – Gary Troop • Safran – Nick Pisano • Steelray – Brian Leach • Deltek – Jack Newton The order of panelists was randomized

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