Stand up and mature a Program Management Office built for the defense contracting environment — from governance framework to GCC High tool configuration.
Defense contractors scaling from one program to three or four hit the same wall: the informal coordination methods that worked at one contract fail at several. Deliverable tracking, resource allocation, status reporting to primes, and earned value visibility all become problems simultaneously.
Most PMO consultants understand project management. Very few understand the specific obligations of a defense contractor PMO — ITAR/CUI data handling in project collaboration tools, earned value reporting to DoD customers, security clearance implications for project team member access, and the fact that your project management tooling itself may be in scope for your CMMC boundary if it touches program data.
Fulcrum Advisory stands up PMOs that account for the GovCon operating environment from day one — not as an afterthought when an auditor asks where your CUI lives in your project management system.
Define the PMO model appropriate for your organization's size and contract portfolio. Governance framework, decision rights, escalation paths, and committee structure.
Configure Microsoft Project, Planner, and Teams for project management within your GCC High tenant. Ensure CUI data in project schedules and deliverable tracking stays inside the compliance boundary.
Implement earned value management (EVM) fundamentals for contracts requiring EVM reporting. BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, SPI, CPI — and the variance analysis your government customer expects.
Design reporting templates and cadences for prime contractor and government customer status updates. Monthly status reports, contract deliverable tracking, risk registers, and action item logs in a format that meets CDRLs.
Evaluate your existing PM processes against OPM3 or a custom maturity model. Identify gaps, prioritize improvements, and build a roadmap for PMO maturity advancement.
Fractional PMO Director engagement — available for program reviews, proposal support, customer status meetings, and PMO capability development on a retainer basis.
| Engagement | Scope | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PMO Stand-Up | Structure design, governance framework, tool configuration, reporting templates, team enablement | $6,000–10,000 |
| PMO Maturity Assessment | Current state evaluation, gap analysis, written findings and improvement roadmap | $3,500–5,000 |
| EVM Implementation | Earned value framework, reporting template design, tool configuration, team training | $4,000–7,000 |
| PMO Advisory Retainer | Ongoing fractional PMO Director — program reviews, customer reporting, capability development | From $3,500/mo |
Project governance designed for GovCon — not adapted from a commercial PM framework after the fact.
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