Government Contracting Project Lifecycle
An operational framework designed to optimize processes and gain efficiencies throughout the life of a government contract.
Project Lifecycle Overview
While government contractors use various terms to describe their business processes—from strategic sales planning and capture management to project initiation, management and execution—Deltek’s project lifecycle serves as an operational framework for how businesses successfully manage their contracts from start to finish.
The lifecycle outlines five distinct phases for project excellence—from finding the next best-fit opportunity to delivering a successful project and closing out that contact. This framework serves as a guide for how government contractors can streamline and optimize their processes by having the right capabilities and compliance controls to maximize growth and profitability.
Comprehensive Business Capabilities for Every Project Stage
Powering the Project Lifecycle for Government Contractors
Government contractors of all sizes use Deltek solutions to power their project success with greater visibility, automation and built-in compliance controls. Our industry-specific solutions seamlessly automate every phase of the project lifecycle—Win, Manage, Develop, Deliver and Measure—with innovative, AI-driven capabilities that optimize their business processes, connect data and ease the hand-offs between teams. Government contractors can benefit from complete clarity and total control over daily operations, forecasting, planning and reporting by implementing the right systems at every stage:
Win
Gain comprehensive market intelligence and AI-driven insights with Deltek GovWin IQ, which offers early access to opportunities and support for strategic sales planning, capture management and teaming so you can find and win the next best-fit opportunity. Simplify the proposal process, increase the quality of bids and beat the competition with Deltek + ProPricer.
Manage
Automate contract management, resource planning and project budgeting with Deltek Costpoint, the industry-leading ERP for government contractors. Integrate with Polaris PSA for intelligent resource management, and further enhance project management and real-time decision-making with cost and risk analysis, scheduling, and earned value management with the Deltek Project Portfolio Management (PPM) suite.
Develop
Optimize workforce management with Deltek Talent Management, which offers AI-fueled capabilities to attract, develop and retain top talent. Integrate with Deltek Costpoint to gain a complete human capital management offering, plus time and attendance. Or utilize premium, AI-driven time tracking with Replicon Time Tracking, and project-specific PSA with Polaris PSA.
Deliver
Utilize Deltek Costpoint’s project-based accounting for deep project visibility and built-in compliance controls for more successful project delivery and audit readiness. Integrate with TIP Technologies for complete digital manufacturing, including quality management and shop floor execution, resulting in increased automation and control over production processes. Ensure confidence in delivery with deep insight into schedule quality and potential risks with Deltek PPM.
Measure
Streamline performance tracking and reporting with AI-powered dashboards and industry-specific reports for real-time insights using Deltek Costpoint. Plus, enhance project performance analytics and risk reporting with Deltek PPM.
The Future of Government Contracting
We empower government contractors to optimize processes and boost efficiencies with our AI-powered intelligent business companion, Deltek Dela™. Through innovative technology, Dela helps government contractors generate smart content, make informed decisions, automate routine tasks and predict project success at every stage of the project lifecycle.
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