Projects We Wrangled
This project reached its major Final milestone in July, after 3+ long years!
What is 5060?
This three-letter meeting consumed an hour everyday-agenda optional.
What is DSU? Daily Stand-Up
The management of this, which is often tied to milestones, helped us to achieve our annual Results-oriented OKR.
What is Revenue?
This customer believes Fixed Price means "Any Scope, All the Time".
What is 5094?
This fiscal event on October 1 always kicks off a flurry of PM activity.
What is the start of the Government Fiscal Year?
This project reached its major Milestone in August, after a 3-month delay and a major cloud contract change.
What is 5095, 5096, 5074, 5080?
This acronym refers to our contract type and explains why we track hours like a hawk.
What is T&M - Time & Materials?
We onboarded this many subcontractors this year - testing our vendor management skills.
What is too many?
This customer has provided us with multiple contracts since 2016.
What is 5074 / 5095 / 5096 / 5101?
This government-wide regulatory overhaul aims to reduce complexity and improve efficiency of federal purchasing rules.
What is the FAR overhaul initiative?
This program had the "spiciest" change request of the year, requiring multiple CLIN and time card revisions.
What is 5088?
This weekly activity is commonly used on a monthly basis.
What is a PSR - Project Status Report?
We introduced this new process to matter manage our projects staffing needs.
What is Resource Planning template / Unanet Utilization?
This customer is the most energetic customer, taking calls in parking lots, airports, offices. His mind likely connects dots like a word scatter plot.
What is 5087 / 5097?
This group caused delivery schedule impacts across several federal IT programs.
What is DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency?
This project gave our team the highest satisfaction score of CY25 after implementing a ZTA Framework.
What is 5087?
This monthly activity rolled out mid-year, and keeps our PMs on their "Cost, Schedule, & Scope" toes.
What is PMR - Project Monthly Review?
The rollout of these, provides us desktop-level instructions for daily activities.
What are SOPs - standard operating procedures?
This single year contract brought in ~$2M and delivered nearly on-time without many issues. And the customer performed closeout in record time!
What is 5092?
This required compliance training appeared on everyone's calendar at least twice due to compliance needs.
What is Security Training?
This project kicked off with incomplete requirements, yet still delivered its MVP in record time due to creative PM triage.
What is 5097?
This acronym for a cybersecurity requirement made everyone rethink their documentation habits.
What is CUI - Controlled Unclassified Information?
This PM practice became the team's biggest improvement area, highlighted during our monthly meetings.
What is Financial Forecasting?
This customer-based team banded together across multiple subcontractors in support of a critical resource.
Who is 5088?
This new policy change introduced in our 4th quarter forced us to update our infrastructure posture.
What is CMMC - Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification?