June 21, 2010 - American Business Awards Métier Named as Finalist in 2010 American Business Awards Métier was named a finalist in the "Customer Service Department of the Year," "Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year" and the "Management Team of the Year" categories in The 2010 American Business Awards. The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program.
March 11, 2010 – Executive Leaders Radio with Herb Cohen Douglas Clark shares his insights on leadership on the air Métier’s CEO Douglas Clark was invited to appear on Executive Leaders Radio with Herb Cohen, broadcast on 1580AM. Doug will provide insights on how he was able to build his organization, his personal secrets of success, management style, industry trends, challenges and opportunities ahead.
March 9, 2010 – Leaders Portfolio with Rebecca Blacksmith Métier CEO Douglas Clark invited to discuss leadership on the air Métier’s CEO, Douglas Clark, was invited to appear on Leaders Portfolio with Rebecca Blacksmith, an interview program focused on leadership and broadcasted on Washington DC’s business talk radio 1260AM. Blacksmith regularly interviews CEOs from Fortune 1000 companies to discuss leadership in the business community. Clark was selected for his unique leadership style and his continued pattern of business success.
July 21, 2009 - PMI Washington, D.C. July PM Tools - Amy Vaccari - "Modern Thoughts on WBS"
Métier's Vice President of Operations, Amy Vaccari, is scheduled to speak to PMI's Washington, D.C. Chapter on July 21, 2009. Mrs. Vaccari will be discussing new thoughts and methods for using the work being conducted across an organization to create a standard catalog of work objects that can be leveraged to create a WBS. Topics will include the use of natural language processing, implementing a ‘noun-and-verb’ based approach to WBS and schedule development, and creating organizational catalogs of WBS elements. Please visit the PMI Washington, D.C. Chapter for more details.
June 29, 2009 - United States Census Bureau Grand Opening: Baltimore 2010 Census Forms Data Capture Center
Métier's Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Clark, and Chief Operating Officer, Sandra Richardson, are attending the grand opening of the Baltimore 2010 Census Forms Data Capture Center on June 29, 2009. The facility is the first of three that will open across the nation and will process approximately 40 million census forms next year. Nearly 3,000 workers will be hired and trained to process 2010 Census forms at the Baltimore center. The event includes speakers and tours of the facility and will feature Métier and other small business partners.
March 30- April 1, 2009 -IDGA's Project Management for Defense™ Douglas Clark - “PMI Project Management Foundation"
Métier's Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Clark, was selected as the PMI keynote speaker at the 2009 Project Management for Defense conference. IDGA’s Project Management for Defense will bring together the thought leaders and decision makers responsible for making project management more efficient, reducing waste, and providing sustainable program management. Clark will cover PM expertise and training as well as techniques to build defense project management. Clark will also explain how to prioritize requirements and improve project completion.
March 25, 2009 - PMI Washington, D.C. March McPherson Square Luncheon - Douglas Clark - "PMI's Practice Standard for Scheduling”
Métier's Chief Executive Officer
, Douglas Clark , is scheduled to speak to PMI's Washington, D.C. Chapter on March 25, 2009. Mr. Clark will be discussing the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling. Please visit the PMI Washington, D.C. Chapter for more details.
March 6, 2009 - 2009 Postdoctoral Appreciation Week, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Cameron Cox - "Recruiting 101 – An all-encompassing look into the Recruiting Industry"
Cameron Cox, Métier’s Recruiting Manager, has been invited to speak at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during their 2009 Postdoctoral Appreciation Week. This annual event is centered around the career development of the 300 postdoctoral research associates employed by St. Jude.
January 14, 2009 - Yahoo! Finance
Métier Launches PMO Central
Successful PPM requires a combination of technology, process and expertise. PMO Central provides an integrated solution comprised of on demand PPM software, industry standard processes and virtual PMO services. Our clients gain increased visibility, improved productivity, and enhanced project performance that directly impacts the bottom line. December 5, 2008 - PMI Washington, D.C. PM in the A.M. Breakfast - Douglas Clark - "PMI /ANSI Scheduling Standard" Métier's CEO, Douglas Clark , is scheduled to speak to PMI's Washington, D.C. Chapter on December 5, 2008. Mr. Clark will be discussing the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling. Please visit the PMI Washington, D.C. Chapter for more details.
July 2, 2008 - Stockhouse
Lockheed Martin and National Archives Take Major Leap Towards Electronic Archives of the Future The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system, built for the agency by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). This milestone sets the foundation for a permanent archival system to take in, preserve, manage, and provide access to electronic records created by the federal government.
November 15, 2007 - GovCon Métier Awarded Contract from the State of Louisiana
Métier was named a vendor within the new project and program management category as part of OIT’s Consulting and Support Services Agreement (CSSA). CSSA provides the state with a flexible means of obtaining contractor resources in a rapid, efficient and cost effective manner. Contractors will be used for assisting OIT to plan, analyze, design, implement, maintain and support technology projects.
August 9, 2007 - Yahoo! Finance Métier, Ltd. Unveils Cutting Edge mGantt™ for the WorkLenz PPM Software
The groundbreaking Gantt feature, used within the Schedules tool in WorkLenz, comprises the capabilities of the leading traditional, PC-based tools, but does so in a browser-based system with no downloadable controls. Because of its unique architecture, the improved WorkLenz Schedules tool surpasses the functionality of its PC-based predecessors.
July 19, 2007 - CXO Thoughts Interview with Sandra Richardson, Chief Operating Officer for Métier
Many organizations are involved with managing projects and striving to complete tasks on time and on budget. The challenge is to optimize your resources to achieve the best results, and to be able to share the knowledge gained on projects going forward. Our spotlight guest is Sandra Richardson, Chief Operating Officer, for Métier, a Washington, DC based specialist in project management software, support, and services.
June 27, 2007 - Forbes.com Project Portfolio Management Innovator Expands Portfolio to Four Patents Métier's newest invention incorporates natural language processing and predictive algorithms for modeling schedules and project roles.The invention is designed to evaluate the entire workflow process for human factors on a macro and micro level.
June 27, 2007 - Yahoo! Finance Project Portfolio Management Innovator Expands Portfolio to Four Patents Métier, Ltd., an innovator in project portfolio management software and services, announced today that a fourth patent has been granted to the company. The invention is built into the company's WorkLenz software.
May03, 2007 - CNBC Software Development Kit Released to WorkLenz 5.0 Project Portfolio Management Software WorkLenz version 5.0 is an integrated project portfolio management software tool that provides the interface and predictive engine for project, program and portfolio management capabilities. The software automates the select, control and evaluate process for project portfolio management.
May 03, 2007- Yahoo! Finance Software Development Kit Released to WorkLenz 5.0 Project Portfolio Management Software
Métier, Ltd., an innovator in project portfolio management software and services, announced today that they have launched a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the newest version of thier WorkLenz Web Service API. WorkLenz version 5.0 is an integrated project portfolio management software tool that provides the interface and predictive engine for project, program and portfolio and management capabilities.
May 03, 2007- Potomac dBusiness News Software Development Kit Released to WorkLenz 5.0 Project Portfolio Management Software
The new API provides access for the development of integration points and continues to ease our clients' ability to customize WorkLenz for their unique requirements. This is a natural extension following the WorkLenz Report Designer that we launched in version 5.0 last year.
November 22, 2005 - SoftwareCEO.com How to see over the horizon and other amazing feats from fast-growing software firm Métier
Whatever you may consider 'long-range planning,' you probably can't touch the standard set by Doug Clark, CEO of the Washington D.C.-based software firm Métier. [Doug Clark] offers sixteen tips on how to grow a software company, avoid getting sidelined by competitors or commoditization, and keep sight of the big picture.
November 21, 2005 - Washington Technology Make IT Assets Support Your Mission Now that government agencies are getting a handle on aligning IT portfolios with business goals, here comes the hard part: execution...This year, the hot federal trend is earned-value management and analysis, a financial measure of actual work completed. Vendors have been fast to introduce its principles into their suites.
October 3, 2005 - The Washington Post Lockheed Gets Census Job
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $500 million contract last week from the Census Bureau to develop and operate the information processing system for the 2010 Census. The bureau's goal is to make the next population count more automated than the one in 2000 and to make it simpler for citizens to participate.
September 26, 2005 - Washington Technology Washington Technology's 2005 Fast 50 Government Contractors
Washington Technology's Fast 50 List recognizes some of the most successful companies in the government market. These small businesses have experienced phenomenal growth over the past five years.
September 9, 2005 - Government Computer News At long last, it's Lockheed for electronic archives The National Archives and Records Administration set the path for how the government will store, maintain and make available electronic records. NARA officials chose Lockheed Martin Corp. last week to build the $308 million Electronic Records Archive system.
August 29, 2005 - Federal Computer Week FBI Policy Office Disciplines IT Spending The Office of Information Technology Policy and Planning (OIPP) has bought Metier WorkLenz, an application that acts as an automated dashboard that tracks projects' progress in real time from acquisition to implementation to disposal...The FBI has already successfully completed several major projects since its IT reorganization... July 7, 2005 - Washington Technology
Long Live E-Records!
"The goal is to make the information available, so that it's independent of any particular hardware or software," said Clyde Relick, project manager for the team headed by Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin. June 20, 2005 - Washington Technology On The Edge: Forecast Your Project
Métier, Ltd. of Washington was granted a patent for its predictive project portfolio management technology. The WorkLenz predictive technology lets clients plan, manage and evaluate investments based on accurate forecasts of performance and risk across the portfolio.
June 2005 - PM Network Master The Clock
Emerging "semantic Web" technology could make it easier to share schedules and access the information within them....New algorithms in Métier's WorkLenz allow managers to build rule-based critical paths to explore alternate scenarios.
March 2005 - PM Network PM Products
The WorkLenz Enterprise Architecture Extension enables the fusion of 'as is' and 'to be' architectures to help streamline project delivery across the enterprise.
December 7, 2004 - Federal Times FBI turns to Métier for IT management help
Métier, Ltd. will provide support for the FBI's information technology portfolio management program under a contract worth $2 million the first year.
November 16, 2004 - Projects@Work Done Deal
Métier, Ltd. has won a one-year, $2 million contract for software and services for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Enterprise IT Portfolio Management Program.
November 15, 2004 - Washington Post Métier Assists FBI Information Technology Initiative
The new portfolio management initiative will improve oversight of the FBI's information-technology systems, applications and assets by the agency's IT management and staff, the company said.
November 15, 2004 - Federal Computer Week Holistic Approach Reinvigorates Management
Execs turn to portfolio management to help sort IT spending priorities.
November 9, 2004 - Washington Technology Métier Lands FBI Work for IT Portfolio Management
Métier Ltd. won a one-year, $2 million contract for software and services for FBI's Enterprise IT Portfolio Management Program, the company said today.
Fall 2004 - Inc. Magazine Inc. 500 Special Issue - America's Fastest Growing Companies
No. 371 - Métier
98.8% Annual Growth; 395% Total Growth (2000-2003)
October 13, 2004 - Federal Computer Week Métier Wins ERA Work
Métier Ltd. officials announced today a subcontracting deal with Lockheed Martin Corp. to partner on the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives design project.
September 17, 2004 - Projects@Work Magazine Métier Adds Scoring Feature
New feature in WorkLenz portfolio solution provides real-time scoring against PMI's Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3).
August 30, 2004 - Washington Technology Who's On First
Douglas Clark, CEO of Métier, Ltd. has been named to the Project Management Institute's standards consensus body.
August 3, 2004 - Federal Computer Week Comings and Goings
Métier's CEO Douglas Clark has been named to the Project Management Institute's Consensus Body, which develops standards and processes for project management.
August 2, 2004 - Potomac Tech Wire Métier Provides the U.S. Department of Energy With Portfolio Analysis and Capital Planning Support
Métier's project portfolio management software will be used by the U.S. Department of Energy in support of the agency's capital planning process.
July 15, 2004 - Potomac Tech Wire Métier CEO Douglas Clark named to Project Management Institute's Standards Consensus Body Métier, Ltd., an innovator in statistical project portfolio management software and services, today announced that Métier CEO Douglas Clark has been named to the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Standards Consensus Body. PMI's standard-generating process is certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
July 12, 2004 - Government Computer News Business Case Software: On the Case
Business case software can help make your funding pitch to OMB
June 1, 2004 - Harvard Management Update Close the Gap Between Projects and Strategy
Build a Project Portfolio Brain: Anteon Corporation uses project portfolio management software by Métier to model actual performance data from past and current projects in order to forecast project performance.
May 24, 2004 - Federal Computer Week FCW Photo Album
Sandra Richardson, co-founder and COO of Métier, and Sandra Bates, commissioner of the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, talk at the Women in Technology Leadership Award ceremony May 13.
May 14, 2004 - Potomac Tech Wire WIT Names 2004 Leadership Award Winners
Sandra Richardson, Co-founder and COO of Métier, named Entrepreneur Winner
May 6, 2004 - Projects@Work Magazine Technology Solutions for Portfolio Management
A sampling of project portfolio management and IT governance solutions.
April 23, 2004 - Women In Technology Women In Technology (WIT) Leadership Award Winners
Entrepreneur Category: Sandra Richardson, Co-founder and COO of Métier
April 8, 2004 - Government Computer News Company Offers Testing of Exhibit 300 Documents Agencies nervous about submitting their fiscal 2006 Exhibit 300 documents to the Office of Management and Budget in September can get an advance reading from Metier Ltd. of Washington, starting at $75,000, through Aug. 31
February 18, 2004 - Government Computer News Defense HR project adds portfolio app
The prime contractor to the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System has awarded a $330,000 contract to Métier Ltd.
February 18, 2004 - Washington Technology Métier nets subcontract for DIMHRS
Métier Ltd., a provider of statistical project portfolio management software and services, won a $330,000 subcontract from Northrop Grumman Information Technology
February 2, 2004 - Projects@Work Magazine Métier to Provide PPM to Northrop Grumman IT
Métier will provide advanced PPM for the development and deployment of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System.
October 28, 2003 - Washington Technology Network-centric project management: Integrators develop advanced tools to handle complex projects
As the military's weapons and information systems become increasingly complex, integrators that build these systems have discovered they need project management tools equally complex and advanced. September 22, 2003 - Government Computer News - Management Agencies take a comprehensive approach to managing IT assets, and expect their missions to profit When the Navy began rolling out its Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, the service’s managers were doing portfolio management. They just didn’t know it.
September 22, 2003 - Government Computer News - Management Software tools can help you get with the program and put your agency's IT investments in order Portfolio management is fast becoming a necessary evil as federal agencies struggle to meet onerous reporting, budgeting and IT investment directives. Luckily, specialized portfolio management software has risen to the challenge.
September 15, 2003 - The Washington Post Appointments
Métier of Washington named Deborah Cegielski director, corporate development.
September 15, 2003 - Projects@Work The Agenda
With the federal mandate to improve IT performance, agencies such as USDA, HUD and U.S. Customs aren't standing still (or alone).
September 9, 2003 - Government Computer News Métier adds FEA tools to portfolio management
Agencies looking for help with portfolio management can order Métier WorkLenz 4.2 portfolio management software customized with existing Federal Enterprise Architecture reference models. September 4, 2003 - Washington Technology USDA analyzes IT projects with earned-value methodology
Through a pilot, agency officials are using the Earned Value Management criteria to better manage their IT portfolio
September 4, 2003 - Government Computer News USDA analyzes IT projects with earned-value methodology
Through a pilot, agency officials are using the Earned Value Management criteria to better manage their IT portfolio
September 2, 2003 - The Washington Post TECHWORKING : Métier Ltd.
Métier Ltd. plans to hire about 10 to 15 people in the next month. Sandra Richardson, chief operating officer, and Jennifer Smith, director of marketing, talked with The Post's Kate Wichmann.
August 19, 2003 - Government Computer News Métier Adds FEA to Portfolio Application
A vendor of project portfolio management software is adding the Federal Enterprise Architecture reference models to its application.
August 18, 2003 - Government Computer News USDA tests tool for portfolio management
The Agriculture Department is piloting WorkLenz 4.1 to show managers how their projects fit into the IT capital asset portfolio.
July 31, 2003 - Government Computer News USDA will use Métier project portfolio management system
The Agriculture Department is piloting a project portfolio management tool to give bureau managers an overview of their capital asset planning needs. The application, WorkLenz from Métier Ltd. of Washington, will show officials how their own projects fit into the department's IT portfolio, said Gregory Parham, USDA's associate CIO for IRM.
July 31, 2003 - Federal Computer Week USDA to use project software
The Agriculture Department plans to install software to analyze work performance and improve project management. Agency officials chose Métier Ltd.'s WorkLenz software for capital planning and investment control.
July 1, 2003 - Projects@Work Done Deal
BAE SYSTEMS will use Métier's statistical project portfolio management solution WorkLenz on a U.S. Navy weapons system program
June 9, 2003 - Federal Times Business Report
Métier Software Used in Weapons Systems Tests
May 5, 2003 - Potomac Tech Wire Métier, Ltd. Appoints Board of Advisors
DC-based Métier, a provider of statistical project portfolio management software and services, on Monday named three local business executives to its board.
May 1, 2003 - PMNetwork Outlook-WorkLenz Linkage Tool
A new synchronization module is available for WorkLenz Version 4.0 that allows the WorkLenz application to pull task-based data directly from Microsoft Outlook.
March 14, 2003 - Technology Insider Radio Métier CEO Douglas Clark featured on Technology Insider Radio
Clark discusses WorkLenz software for statistical project portfolio management as part of program's Entrepreneur Showcase
March 1, 2003 - Application Development Trends Magazine A sampling of project management tools
WorkLenz 4.0 -- process improvement, resource allocation, predictive modeling, activity-based costing, earned value management.
February 20, 2003 - Builder.com How to manage multiple IT projects
In today's fast-paced, knowledge-based business world, it's not uncommon to see project managers juggling as many as 10 IT projects simultaneously—with all types of complexities, durations, and sizes.
February 1, 2003 - gantthead.com New Tools for a New Year You’ve read the books, you’ve looked here at gantthead for ideas, and you’ve convinced your management that employing Project Portfolio Management will help your organization maximize its IT projects by focusing resources on those that help your strategy.
January 15, 2003 - Projects@Work Get IT Together
To align projects with strategy, organizations need portfolio management tools that capture and distribute information across the enterprise
January 15, 2003 - Projects@Work Sorted Details
You know how to manage your projects. Now you need to know what projects to manage. That's Portfolio Management.
May 15, 2002 - Washington Post Métier Funding Round Isn't All About Getting
Métier is using $300,000 of a $1.25 million round to return money to an angel investing group.
February 1, 2002 - EntreWorld.org Angel Financing: It's All a Matter of Control
Two years after founding Métier with my husband, Douglas Clark, we decided to seek outside financing. The company was under contract with Lockheed Martin and we decided to accelerate the development of our software product, WorkLenz, beyond the constraints of our self-funding model.
October 9, 2001 - WashTech.com Great Bosses 2001
Workers at Métier don't have to wait until December to be rewarded for a job well-done in June.
September 18, 2001 - WashTech.com DC Tech Gets "On The Map" With hospitality, one of the pillars of the District of Columbia's economy absorbing a blow from last week's terrorist attacks, Mayor Anthony A. Williams and business leaders gathered today to promote the city's emerging technology sector.
July 17, 2001 - Washington Post A Pitching Practice for Entrepreneurs
Métier Presents at the Emerging Business Forum
May 1, 2001 - ITrecruiter Magazine Predicting the future - Techie to watch: Sandra Richardson
Sandra Richardson's foray into high tech entrepreneurship started with a few fateful words: This is not the way to manage people - it's crazy!"
March 23, 2001 - Washington Business Journal Technological forces - The area's three tech councils have become regional powerhouses
As chief operating officer of District-based Métier, Sandra Richardson has helped build the software maker into an 18-person operation in under three years. But she says a lot of the thanks for the company's success also has to go to the Washington DC Technology Council
February 1, 2001 - Knowledge Management Magazine Knowledge Management For Rent: A Special Report
A third option is emerging for companies that thought they had to buy or build their KM systems: outsourcing to an ASP.
November 22, 2000 - WashTech.com Métier Receives Funding Métier, Ltd. says it will use its first institutional round of venture capital funding to broaden its Internet-based predictive service management software, hire additional personnel and expand the company's marketing efforts.
September 1, 2000 - DM Review WorkLenz Provides Complete Knowledge Management Solution for Elegrity
The combination of WorkLenz and Métier's project analyst service compliments our internal project and resource management mechanisms sufficiently enough to allow us to maintain a very streamlined organization and efficient project teams. This continues to make Elegrity more accessible to our clients.
Whatever you might consider “long-range planning,” you probably can’t touch the standard set by Douglas Clark, CEO of Métier. This software guru has been posting stellar growth since 1998, when he founded his firm with COO Sandra Richardson.
