September Fair Lakes Luncheon - Blair Alan Knapp, Jr. - "EVM and the Government Program Office"

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Event Date:

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 07:30

"Earned Value Management and the Government Program Office"

featuring

Blair Alan Knapp, Jr., MSPM, PMP

View the presentation slides (1.55 MB PDF)

Location and Cost

Nortel Government Solutions
12730 Fair Lakes Circle, Fairfax, VA 22033

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

11:30 am: Check in and Networking
12:00 pm: Presentation
12:45 pm: Q&A
1:00 pm: Meeting Concludes

Membership in PMI is not required, nor is preregistration. This forum provides local education, networking and the opportunity for certified program managers to earn continuing education credits (PDUs).

If you have any questions, please contact fairlakes@pmiwdc.org

About the Presentation

Earned Value Management and the Government Program Office

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a program management tool that integrates the technical, cost, and schedule parameters of a contract. Mr. Blair Alan Knapp will be presenting the Earned Value challenges that are unique to the Government program office.

Specifically, he will provide insight into Earned Value Management challenges that are unique to the Government Program Management Organization (PMO). Mr. Knapp will discuss establishing solid Earned Value policy, process, and procedures, and on aligning these with the GPMO’s Exhibit 300, funding, and program execution. He will provide insight into establishing a productive working relationship with the Contractor Team, preparing the contractor for its EVMS audit, and formalizing stakeholder expectations for the Integrated Baseline Review and Cost/Contract Performance Report/Review. Finally, he will leave the group information in Earned Value guidance, including basic concepts and available resources.

About the Speaker

Blair Alan Knapp Jr., MSPM, PMP

Blair Alan Knapp Jr., MSPM, PMP holds a MS in Project Management from Boston University, a BA in International Affairs/International Economics from The George Washington University, a Masters Certificate in Unix System Administration from The George Washington University, and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Boston University. He also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Mr. Knapp is a Senior Consulting Manager with Robbins Gioia, where he initially supported the US-VISIT Program Office as a program control analyst. Here, he developed and maintained the program's Earned Value Plan, Policy and Procedures. He also developed and maintained the Program's Program Management Review Plan, Process and Procedures. Currently, Mr. Knapp supports the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Here, he drafted the TSA EVMS and OA Policy, MD 300.11, and supports the Office of Security Operations staff in their outreach to the program managers.

Mr. Knapp has been engaged in program and project management for the past seventeen years, consulting in it for the past ten. He has specialized in IT integration, Program Management Office support, and program control. During this time, he has worked for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace and, subsequently, The Boeing Company installing and supporting systems at such US commands as EUCOM, JAC, SHAPE, and JICPAC. While at Boeing, he also served as the Configuration Manager for a significant IT program. He followed these efforts as a consulting manager with Verity, Inc., a Sunnyvale California-based software company, managing its projects in its Federal market space.

Mr. Knapp is a veteran of the US Navy, where he served first as the aviation squadron Intelligence Officer, then on staff in the Pentagon's Desert Shield/Desert Storm Joint Intelligence Center.