ECHO’s Key Benefits & Features

• Ensures each task, iteration, or release

complies with cybersecurity standards

• Enables drill-down into essential Agile

metrics (user stories, story points,

velocity, burn down)

• Supports consistent planning across all

project types, from portfolio to project

• Facilitates accurate reporting, with tools

for collecting performance metrics,

analysis, and generation of reports and

executive dashboards

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Edwards Performance Solutions has earned a reputation for

helping clients plan, manage, and effectively control activities at

the portfolio, program, and project levels. To meet the emerging

need for Agile/traditional/hybrid solutions, our innovative team

developed ECHO: Secure-Repeatable-AgileTM.

Better Scalability & Compliance

ECHO is a standards-based framework, initially built on the

Microsoft product suite, which facilitates faster iterative

delivery and enables consistent planning and reporting across

all types of projects. For Federal agencies in particular, ECHO

facilitates adoption of Agile by providing a path to migrate

appropriate projects to iterative methodologies in compliance

with federal regulations and guidance.

Whether your organization has already embraced Agile as a way

of conducting business, or you need a reliable way to integrate

management of your traditional waterfall, Agile, and hybrid

development approaches; ECHO can help.

With the increased need for efficient project execution, public and private sector

organizations require a platform to integrate Agile methodologies with traditional practices.

While the landscape has changed, the goal remains the same: deliver increased functionality

with improved business value — faster and with less risk.

A Framework to Integrate Agile/Traditional/Hybrid Methodologies

Have Questions?Contact Bill Hassler:

443.561.0180 | BHassler@EdwPS.comInfo@EdwPS.com

Stronger Planning and Reporting Capabilities for

Every Type of Project Management Approach

To maximize ECHO’s value, we have incorporated common project

management vocabulary, recognized quality standards and best

practices, and the latest technical frameworks. Each component

of ECHO reflects our years of experience in addressing clients’

needs in such areas as requirements traceability, upward reporting,

information security, and enterprise architecture support.

To learn more about how ECHO can enhance your management

of existing Agile projects, or help you transition from traditional

approaches, please contact us.

About Edwards

Edwards Performance Solutions helps clients increase operational

performance by finding ways to improve productivity, profitability,

and security. We are a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)

with two decades of experience working with both government

and commercial clients. By delivering the highest quality services

and addressing cyber vulnerabilities, we ensure operational

excellence and performance to drive overall mission success.

Since 1997, Edwards has provided innovative performance

solutions to commercial businesses, Government agencies,

and non-profit organizations through our four core disciplines:

Enterprise Management, Learning & Development, Knowledge

Management, and Mission Assurance.

ECHO: Core Elements Optimize Return on Investment

Policies and procedures to address governance, OMB reporting, capital reporting (CPIC) functions, project management, and other Federal management requirements

Leadership coaching, OMB report preparation, CPIC support, project/program management, and change management

Focused, results-oriented courses for executives, program managers, product owners, scrum masters, and development teams

Developed in the Microsoft environment to deliver traditional/Agile/hybrid project reporting, dashboards, and other tools for project, program, and portfolio management

Methodology

Services

Training

Tools

• Management: COBIT, PMI-PMBOK Guide®, ITIL

• Quality: ISO/IEC, CMMI, Six Sigma

• Technical: Agile, traditional SDLC, SAFe, DAD

ECHO Integrates Industry Best Practices and

Standards