Aerospace and Defense

The Aerospace and Defense industries stand apart from many others: very large programs, complex technologies, unforgiving technical requirements, complex subcontract interdependencies, and rigorous government requirements for management systems. More importantly, peoples' lives depend on the quality of the programs' results.

Fortunately, decades of experience have taught the professionals in these industries the benefits of good Project Management discipline. Organizations that survive in Aerospace or Defense - even at lower tiers of subcontracting - are required to conform to requirements for management system maturity. Systems for Planning, Scheduling, Estimating, Cost and Earned Value Management, and Time Recording must be tightly integrated with the Project and Corporate Accounting systems. Trained specialists run these systems to ensure that the line managers have timely and accurate information to manage their projects. And the Control Account Managers (CAMs) and Project Managers who make the business and technical decisions are well trained and have years of experience.

SOMOS has been helping companies in the Aerospace and Defense industries to succeed for two decades, supplying systems as well as the services to install, integrate, set up, and operate these systems. We have worked with all current scheduling tools including Primavera, Open Plan, and Microsoft Project Server, and have integrated them with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) such as Deltek Cobra, MPM, and wInsight.

As well, our consultants have experience integrating PM systems with SAP, Oracle Financials, JD Edwards, Deltek Cost Point, Deltek Vision and Microsoft Dynamics, with their integrated time recording systems and with external systems such as Time Control.

For more information on how SOMOS can help you with your Project Management and PM Control Systems challenges, please click on one of the links below.

• Enterprise Project and Program Management Systems to implement, upgrade, or augment your systems capabilities;
• Project Management Consulting Services for access to specialists in EVMS or management processes;
• PM Professional Services to fill in gaps in your project management services organizations;
• Professional Development to upgrade the skills of your PM analysts and specialists.

Examples of SOMOS engagements with Aerospace and Defense companies

Large Defense System Development
Defense Contractor
SOMOS implemented a cost/schedule control system based on Open Plan (scheduler) and Cobra (cost management system) to support the client's US Department of Defense contract that had specific cost/schedule reporting requirements. Our client subsequently met the government reporting requirements, and achieved far greater insight into the projects' performance.