Performance Management Associates (PMA)
Performance Management Associates (PMA) – www.pmassoc.com
– is a leader in the field of Program, Project and
Performance Management. Our range of skills and shirtsleeves'
experience covers the full project management body of knowledge,
including: project management process design and re-engineering;
information technology development, implementation and systems
integration; risk management; project management education
and training; project scheduling; cost estimating; and project
baseline implementation. Our extensive portfolio of clients
stretches back over 25 years and includes:
Australian DoD
Aerojet General
AT&T Network Systems
Bell South Technologies
Canadian DoND
Duke Power Company
Florida Power & Light
General Motors
ITT
Internal Revenue Service
Litton Systems Canada
Lucent Technologies
Motorola
NASA
Pinkerton Systems
Texas Instruments
Westinghouse
Xerox
Recent assignments with the PSC Team have been on the
TSCP Program.
Much of our success is based our ability to apply the basic
principles of performance measurement (i.e. earned value
management – EVM) to new environments including a
wide range of government (DOD, DOE, NASA, IRS and other
civilian federal agencies) and commercial programs/projects.
One of our major strengths lies in the area of training.
Since the inception of the corporation we have conducted
public and in-house training courses for clients in EVMS,
Performance Based Management/Budgeting, Data Analysis, Project
Scheduling and other program/project management related
courses. PMA personnel have provided training and education
for over 10,000 people.
Harry Sparrow is a Principal of PMA and is internationally
recognized as one of the leading experts in Earned Value
Management. He is the former President of the Performance
Management Association, now the Project Management Institute’s
College of Earned Value Management. He is the recipient
of the 1998 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition award,
for his efforts as a member of the team that wrote the ANSI/EIA
Standard 748-1998, Earned Value Management Systems.
Harry holds a BSc. Engineering Physics (South Dakota State
University) and a MSc. Industrial Administration (Purdue
University). Prior to joining PMA, Inc., Harry Sparrow was
the President of Decision Planning Corporation.
