EVM is effective to manage programs because it integrates cost, schedule, technical, and risk attributes. Jacque Keats, SMA COO, asks why is it so unpopular.

SMA Principal Associate Roger Risinger argues that project schedulers must have a detailed understanding of the “Project Process”

Will North Korea ever give up its nuclear weapons? SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton reports on the views of Sig Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory.

SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton reflects on the past and future of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), which he led from 2014 to 2017.

In 2019, the United States spent $686 billion on defense, more than the combined total of the next six countries in the world. SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton explains why.

The future of efforts to limit the danger of nuclear weapons in global affairs is clear. SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton observes that what to do about that future is not.

How Earned Value Management (EVM) can aid your understanding of how well your digital transformation activities to adapt to changing business landscapes are progressing

SMA COO Jacque Keats will be presenting our latest lessons from the field at IPMW 2019 on December 10–12 in Baltimore: Using EVMS and Agile to Accelerate Digital Transformation.

SMA CEO, Ajay Patel, shares thoughts on the evolution of the proposal industry and improvement areas including proposal strategy, visual literacy, RFP narratives, and professionalism.

Generating an RFP response is about WAY more than simply answering the questions provided. If you want to win business, the first step is to think through a proposal strategy with your team. Listen to SMA CEO Ajay Patel’s insights on the RFP Success Show.

A timely reminder from SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton that today’s young people will need to reshape both diplomacy and the institutions through which it is conducted.

SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton examines the culture of secrecy at the clandestine services, and how that can unintentionally limit access to the intelligence gathered.

What would you rather do? Learn how to use Microsoft Word or fix broken proposal docs at the 11th hour? Listen to Wordman’s tips on The RFP Success Show.

You’re going to get interrupted during your important briefings, so think about how you’re going to answer awkward questions in advance!

SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton reminisces over his experience with Clark Clifford, the late Washington lawyer and Secretary of Defense.

From the end of the Soviet Union until now, the sole purpose of nuclear weapons was to deter nuclear attacks. SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton fears that has changed.

Will the European Union become less effective as an American partner? SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton looks at the EU’s financial problems, Muslim immigration, and political shifts

SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton suggests that the US need to rethink its “way of war,” designed for a time that has passed, to counter the Chinese projection of power.

What’s the biggest challenge facing intelligence? Telling truth to power when the news is bad or the reality unwelcome.

Einstein supposedly said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton asks whether, one year on, the US is expecting a different result from North Korea.

Is “If They Can Do It, So Can We” an ethically acceptable playbook? SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton discusses the challenges to our intelligence tradecraft.

SMA Executive Advisor Greg Treverton reminds us that a little bureaucratic disobedience, i.e. doing nothing, is the best course of action

Wordman looks into Microsoft Word’s odd spaces, and how to use them in proposals and other technical documents.