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Progress

Deltek Cobra EVMS Progress Guidance

SMA Senior Associate Alan Kristynik, PMP, provides a tutorial on earned value management progress techniques using Deltek Cobra
News: June 9, 2020
Sleep

For Leaders: 5 Reasons Why Both Continuous Improvement and Sleep Are Deeply Underrated

SMA Senior Program Advisor Rick Ferraro compares the benefits of sleep and continuous process improvement to the organization
News: June 8, 2020
Leadership

Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: What Is Meant By, “Don’t Tell” and “Don’t Direct”?

SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison wraps up his “Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct” series of articles on leadership
News: June 5, 2020
Teamwork

Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: Is “Cross-functional Teamwork” an Oxymoron?

SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison shows how reframing the problem can improve the effectiveness of cross-functional teams
News: June 4, 2020
Teamwork

Words Matter with Teamwork: “I” and “My” or…?

Anthony Rock, Lt. Gen. US Air Force (Ret) and SMA Executive Advisor, reminds us that choice of words can encourage or discourage teamwork
News: June 3, 2020
LPTA

LPTA: Balancing Your Pipeline

In the final part of his 4-part series on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green gives you 6 steps to help balance your pipeline
News: June 2, 2020
LPTA

LPTA: Capturing without Equitable Adjustments

In part 3 of his series on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green shows how to capture awards without needing equitable adjustments
News: June 1, 2020
Benchmarking

Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: Benchmarking with Competitors

SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison shows how benchmarking your organization with your competitors can improve your market position
News: May 29, 2020
LPTA

LPTA: Leaving Money on the Table

SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green continues his four-part series on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements. In this part, he examines developing a winning price.
News: May 28, 2020
LPTA

LPTA: Get Out of Your Own Way!

SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green opens a four-part series on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements. First: get out of your own way!
News: May 27, 2020
US DoD Pentagon

Why the Defense Market Doesn’t Adhere to Basic Supply & Demand Models

SMA Analyst Eddie Solares examines the defense market and explains why it doesn’t fit the standard supply and demand model
News: May 26, 2020
Budget

Deltek Cobra Earned Value by Budget Method

SMA Sr Associate Alan Kristynik shows how to calculate earned value by using the budget methos using Deltek Cobra
News: May 22, 2020
Shaming

Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: A “Shaming”

SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison asks whether shaming a team member into doing something can achieve the desired results
News: May 21, 2020
High performing teams

Don’t Wait, Reflect and Act: High Performing Teams Don’t Just Exist; They Are Created

SMA Principal Associate Sarala Rajeshuni argues that if you do it right, you cannot help but create successful, high performing teams
News: May 20, 2020
Deltek Cobra

Getting More Value from Deltek Cobra: Cost Classes

SMA Senior Associate Ron Wadlinger describes some of the advantages of using Cost Classes in Deltek Cobra for your Earned Value reporting
News: May 19, 2020
CAM

Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: What Does/Can a CAM Do?

SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison gives examples on the role of the Control Account Manager (CAM) in the project team
News: May 18, 2020
PWIN

BD Pipeline: Calculating PWIN

In the last part of his 4-part BD Pipeline series, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green summarizes how to combine all factors to calculate your win probability
News: May 14, 2020
Customer Relations

BD Pipeline: Customer Relations

In part 3 of his 4-part BD Pipeline series, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green shows how customer relations affect your win probability
News: May 13, 2020