Wayne Abba
Upper Michigan, USA
Wayne Abba is an independent consultant in program and project management. For 17 years before retiring in 1999, he was the senior program analyst for contract performance management in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology). He was a volunteer expert advisor to the US Government Accountability Office team that published the “Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs,” and “Schedule Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Project Schedules.” He is (twice) Past President, College of Performance Management.
Semi-retired but still active, Wayne is currently a member of a Program Management Improvement Team advising the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Safety, Infrastructure and Operations. He also serves on the board of the Graduate School Japan, a nonprofit organization that provides training and consulting services to Japan government ministries, including planning for management of the Fukushima nuclear plant decommissioning. His voluntary work with the National Science Foundation includes membership on several project review panels ranging from conceptual through final design reviews.
Wayne can be contacted at wayneabba@aol.com
Profile Updated 12 February 2024
Articles and Papers
- Origin of the Integrated Baseline Review - Commentary - Abba - March 2024
- Modernizing Earned Value Management - Second Edition - Abba - February 2024
- On “The Origins and History of Earned Value Management” - Commentary - Abba - October 2022
- Earned Benefit Program Management (CRC Press) - Book Review - Abba - March 2020
- Program Benefits Management: An International Best Practice the U.S. Government Could Use - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Shepherd - June 2018
- The Enterprise Program Management Office - Second Editions - Kunkle, Contreras, Abba, Haase, Pells - June 2017
- Program Management Improvement Team: A Best Practice Based Approach to Process Improvement and Program Governance at the National Nuclear Security Administration - Second Editions - Abba, Archibald, Pells, Haase, Zocher, Shepherd - June 2016
- Two Birds! A Simple Approach to Improving Program/Project Management Practice and Governance - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Shepherd - July 2015
- A Team-Based Approach to Continuous Improvement in Program, Project and Portfolio Management: The U.S. Government’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative - Second Editions - Abba, Pells, Archibald, Shepherd, Zocher - November 2013
- The Power of Independent PM Reviews for Global Programs: The GTRI Example - Conference Papers - Abba, Archibald, Pells, Shepherd - November 2008