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I'm glad you're visiting my site. I am Bill Mathis and I founded Bill Mathis LLC in late 2008 to serve the needs of government programs and the industry contractor partners supporting them. BMLLC is based in Reston Virginia, but is able to support programs anywhere in the world either onsite or more commonly, by the myriad virtual tools available to us today.

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My professional experience and capabilities are built on a track record of managing specialist consulting teams, engagement delivery management and providing executive guidance to solve management and organizational process improvement challenges. These abilities were developed through engagements with numerous government and commercial customers worldwide. My Clients have been commercial enterprises, public sector organizations, or contractor organizations supporting public sector programs. My career experience involved scaling and tailoring organizational, systems or training solutions for Clients in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Canada and Europe.

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Scroll down for more information or feel free to download my CV and projects list. 

Client Projects

Why is BMLLC Unique?

The Story of Building a Wide Perspective

I was first educated as a mechanical engineer and worked as a turbine engine performance engineer during the first 7 years of my career. Eventually my involvement on several proposal efforts stirred a curiosity in why some projects were more attractive than others - either to the customer, or to our management. I pursued a business degree, earned it and was put in charge of the engineering management parts of technical proposals. One in particular required our division to implement cost/schedule control as well as simultaneously implementing a systems engineering management approach to technical performance measurement. It was a success and led to my transition from engineering to management and eventually consulting.

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Consulting in program management and related systems introduced me to dozens of countries pursuing government related programs - in Asia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. None of whom had identical motives or environments affecting program management and PM systems as the USA taught me from the outset. The perspective of tailoring to suit local priorities and risks is a unique perspective I offer.

Commitment to Improve the State of Our Profession

There are several versions of the following quotation - I'll use a family-friendly version: "opinions are like noses - everybody has one". The same is almost as true when it comes to approaches to managing programs. In terms of filling the needs for an integrated approach to managing complex projects and programs, what is known today as Earned Value Management has accumulated 50 years of lessons learned. No other approach can boast that. And I am committed to EVM as the cornerstone of how integrated program management should proceed into the next 50 years.

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First on the list are the professional associations and charitable Boards of Directors I serve on a volunteer basis including:

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College of Performance Management - Vice President of Education and Certification - architect and chief examiner of Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) certification.

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Federal CPIC Forum - Founding Member of the Board of Advisors - supporting Government Policy and Education Programs (e.g., GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 &Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act 2015) 

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Stop the Silence - Stop Child Sexual Abuse - strategy design, benefits realization and governance for abuse / trafficking prevention and trauma-informed survivor treatment in Europe, North America, Australasia and the Pacific Rim.

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I have served as an active participant and significant contributor to numerous efforts to advance the professional of Integrated Program Management including:

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  • U.S. Government Accountability Office Best Practice Guides and Special Publications. 

  • ACT-IAC FITARA Maturity Model working group. 

  • NDIA Civilian Agency / Industry Working Group and IPM Guidance committee. 

  • ISO Tech. Committee 258 Program and Portfolio Management Standards Working Groups

 

I have organized numerous professional workshops and conferences:

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  • 2015 FITARA Summit at the Gannett Center in McLean VA - a high-level strategy summit 

  • 2006 - 2015 Federal CPIC Forum Conferences - Washington DC

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These volunteer activities have led to varying degrees of contributions to our profession including the following publications and standards:

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  • IPPM Certification - College of Performance Management - Program Architect / Chief Examiner

  • Integrated Program Management Guidance - NDIA Civilian Working Group - Committee Chair

  • Information Technology Investment Management Framework - US GAO - Expert Advisor

  • Earned Value Management Scalability Guidance - NDIA Civilian Working Group - Review Board

  • Earned Value Management Reciprocity Guidance - NDIA Civilian Working Group - Review Board

  • Technical Readiness Assessment Guide - US GAO - Expert Advisor

  • Schedule Assessment Guide - US GAO - Expert Advisor

  • Capital Planning and Investment Control and the Definitive Guide to the OMB E300 - Contributor

  • Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide - US GAO - Expert Advisor

  • Capital Planning Professional Certification Standards - Federal CPIC Forum - Architect / Contributor

  • Capital Planning and Investment Control Definitive Guide - Government Horizons - Co-Author

  • Australian Institute of Project Management Scheduling Standards - Contributor

  • Defence Acquisition Management Policy - Commonwealth of Australia - Contributor

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Teaching: Our Profession Depends on Those Who Follow

These are available as a service offering for fee, through online webinar setting for fee, and soon to become a series of Udemy courses (https://www.udemy.com).

 

I develop all of my training courses using a wide variety of tools (more on this in the next section). These fall into five principal groups:

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  1. IPPM™ Professional Certification (College of Performance Management)

  2. Capital Planning and Investment Control Principles

  3. Portfolio Value Analysis and Benefits Realization

  4. GAO Cost Guide and Schedule Guide Interpretation

  5. Earned Value Management - Basic and Advanced

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The first is the most recently developed. It reflects the products of an effort I have led for the College of Performance Management since 2015 - the Integrated Program Performance Management Professional Certification. This program  builds on the foundation of 50 years experience with Earned Value Management by adding function elements addressing Technical / Benefits Management, and Schedule / Resource Management (namely integrating Agile methodologies).

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I feel strongly that this project will play a pivotal role in advancing the profession of integrated program management by serving the requirements of a much broader population of professionals than would have been involved with EVM in its first 50 years. For example:

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IPPM is designed to enhance a wide range of career interests and improve basic, practical and advanced competencies toward advancement. The program welcomes people working at all levels from entry-level upward in an organization where they are involved in some way with projects and programs. People working in a Program Management Office generally become introduced to some degree of EVM or SRM disciplines in the course of their work. They benefit from IPPM by better understanding the integration of these disciplines, and also basic understanding and awareness of the technical / benefits concepts and processes.

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People involved with business case analysis and capital planning generally get exposed to elements of EVM and TBM through the process of developing the return on investment and benefit /cost analysis. These would include Business Analysts and Systems Analysts whose careers will benefit from IPPM through better understanding of the integration between cost / schedule management and technical / benefits management, as well as disciplines they may have had little exposure to in the area of SRM.

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Those involved with strategic planning or systems architecture and transition planning will generally be exposed to one or several aspects of TBM and SRM as they related to defining how performance effectiveness can be achieved and how it should be transitioned into their organization. They may have little exposure to the planning and management of projects and programs however. IPPM will benefit them through better understand of how programs and projects are planned and managed to mitigate risks and achieve performance goals. 

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Know the Tools that Really Matter

The software application tools that have proven themselves important to my success as an integrated program management consultant fall into several categories:

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The first comprise those essential to effectively manage consulting delivery (e.g., file management and deliverable generation). I have proficiency in the various elements of the MS Office suite, Google suite and Mac-OS (iCloud) Suite as well as online meeting tools.

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The second category involves the various tools I have developed proficiency with necessary to develop custom graphic arts and training courseware. These include:

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  • Graphic Art - Adobe Fireworks, Illustrator & Photoshop, Graffeltopia, MagicMaps, MindNode, MS Visio

  • Presentation - Google Slides, MS Powerpoint, Keynote

  • Publication - Adobe Acrobat Pro, Calibre, iBooks Author

  • Video Production - Mac iMovie, Telestream StreamFlow

 

The third category involves analytic software applications applied as required to the neds of individual consulting projects. These include:

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  • General Analysis - Excel, Numbers, Sheets

  • Specialized Analysis - Amplify™ (Benefits Realization), Crystal Ball (Monte Carlo Risk Simulation), SEER-IT (Cost Estimating and Analysis), MS Project, Open Plan, Project Libre, Gantt Project (scheduling apps)

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The fourth category involves software applied to build and maintain websites. These include Adobe Dreamweaver, Wix, Shopify and Wordpress including custom SEO keywords, page naming and tagging, embedding google and facebook hooks.

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