Our Process

What Working With Intra Looks Like

Here's how we work with you to align, plan, and deliver results across every project.

From Kickoff to Completion

From kickoff to delivery, we work closely with your team to ensure every project hits its mark

Strategic Project Planning

From inception to completion, planning and scheduling are critical components of effective project management. Backed by the entire Intra Management Solutions team, our experienced experts establish pragmatic strategies that help clearly document how a project will be successfully executed, supervised, controlled, and completed.

Expert Team Integration

We have time-tested experience in seamlessly embedding our highly skilled people into your project team. Armed with up-to-date insights on standards and guidelines, our expert planners and schedulers help you save time, energy, and money throughout the life cycle of your next complex project.

Advanced Tools & Methodologies

In utilizing key tools for planning and scheduling—such as Gantt Charts, Critical Path Method, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)—we bring advanced expertise to meet your team’s planning and scheduling needs.

IMS prioritizes long-term relationships, accessibility, and collaboration — treating every client engagement as a trusted partnership, not just a project.

Real-world planning and scheduling expertise for small and large-scale complex programs to keep projects on track, monitored, and successfully delivered. Enterprise-level program management solutions that align people, processes, and technology to maximize project performance and profitability.Enterprise-level program management solutions that align people, processes, and technology to maximize project performance and profitability.

IMS prioritizes long-term relationships, accessibility, and collaboration — treating every client engagement as a trusted partnership, not just a project.

Tailored Solutions Built Around Your Organization

Aerospace & Defense

Built in Aerospace & Defense. Trusted for Mission-Critical Programs.

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Aerospace & Defense has been central to Intra Management Solutions since our founding in 2011. IMS began by providing specialized program scheduling and Earned Value Management expertise to Aerospace & Defense organizations—and that foundation still shapes how we support complex, high-stakes programs today.

Our professionals understand the rigor of the Aerospace & Defense environment, where program performance, contractual requirements, schedule integrity, cost visibility, risk management, security, and timely decision-making are critical to mission success.

IMS supports government contractors and program teams with expertise across Integrated Program Management, Earned Value Management, Project Controls, Planning & Scheduling, Risk Management, Project Portfolio Management, and specialized program talent.

From proposal and program startup through baseline development, execution, recovery, and closeout, we integrate with client teams to strengthen program controls, improve visibility, and help leadership make informed decisions throughout the program lifecycle.

‍‍IMS combines specialized program management expertise with the organizational capabilities required to support sensitive, mission-critical DOE, DoD, Aerospace, Defense, and National Security programs.

More than a decade of Aerospace & Defense experience. One mission: better program performance.

Energy & Infrastructure

Bringing Control and Predictability to Complex Capital Programs

Energy and infrastructure programs demand disciplined planning, strong project controls, and clear visibility across cost, schedule, resources, and risk.

Intra Management Solutions brings proven program management expertise to complex, long-duration projects where performance, compliance, and accountability matter.

Our professionals support organizations across the energy and infrastructure landscape with Project Controls, Planning & Scheduling, Earned Value Management, Risk Management, Project Portfolio Management, and specialized program talent.

From establishing an integrated baseline to monitoring execution and forecasting future performance, IMS helps project teams connect critical program data and turn it into actionable insight.

Our experts work alongside client teams to strengthen processes, improve schedule integrity, identify emerging risks, and provide leadership with greater confidence in program outcomes.

Whether supporting major capital projects, government programs, facility modernization, construction, or ongoing operations, IMS provides scalable expertise that can adapt as program needs evolve.

For energy and infrastructure programs involving sensitive government or National Security requirements, IMS combines specialized program management expertise with the organizational capabilities required to support sensitive, mission-critical DOE, DoD, and National Security programs.

Complex projects require more than data. They require visibility and discipline to turn that data into better decisions.

Goverment Contracting

Navigating Complexity. Strengthening Program Performance.

Government contractors operate in an environment where program performance and contract requirements go hand in hand.

Intra Management Solutions brings deep experience supporting organizations that deliver complex programs for federal customers, helping teams build the processes, systems, and program controls needed to perform with confidence.

IMS supports contractors serving DoD, DOE, NASA, and other federal agencies with expertise across Integrated Program Management, Earned Value Management, Project Controls, Planning & Scheduling, Risk Management, Project Portfolio Management, and specialized program talent.

Our experts understand the demands placed on government program teams—from developing credible Integrated Master Plans and Schedules and establishing performance measurement baselines to preparing for Integrated Baseline Reviews, strengthening EVMS capabilities, meeting reporting requirements, and maintaining visibility into cost, schedule, resources, and risk.

We support clients throughout the contract lifecycle, including proposal development, program startup, baseline development, execution, compliance reviews, corrective action, and ongoing program support.

IMS combines specialized program management expertise with the organizational capabilities required to support sensitive, mission-critical DOE, DoD, Aerospace, Defense, and National Security programs.

This capability enables IMS to bring both program expertise and security readiness to organizations operating in highly controlled environments.

Government requirements are complex. IMS brings the people, processes, expertise, and capabilities to help contractors stay ready, compliant, and in control. 

Commercial Solutions

Turning Project Complexity into Business Performance

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Complex projects aren't limited to government programs. Commercial organizations face many of the same challenges—aggressive timelines, constrained resources, disconnected systems, competing priorities, rising costs, and the need for better performance visibility.

Intra Management Solutions brings proven program management disciplines to commercial organizations, helping teams establish greater control, improve predictability, and make better-informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

Our professionals provide expertise in Integrated Program Management, Project Controls, Planning & Scheduling, Risk Management, Project Portfolio Management, Technology Solutions, and specialized project talent—scaled to your organization's needs.

Whether you are managing a major capital initiative, launching a new product, transforming your project management environment, implementing new technology, or simply need greater visibility across a portfolio of projects, IMS helps connect people, processes, technology, and data to create a clearer picture of performance.

We don't believe in adding process for process's sake. Our approach is practical and tailored to your business—giving leadership the structure, insight, and expertise needed to improve execution while protecting efficiency, scalability, and return on investment.

‍Better visibility. Smarter decisions. Stronger project performance.

NASA & DOE-Related Initiatives

Supporting Complex Programs Where Mission and Performance Matter

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NASA and Department of Energy initiatives are among the nation's most complex and technically demanding programs. Success requires more than managing individual tasks; it requires disciplined integration of scope, schedule, cost, resources, risk, technology, and performance data.

Intra Management Solutions provides specialized program management and project controls expertise to organizations supporting NASA, DOE, NNSA, National Laboratories, and other mission-driven federal initiatives.

Our professionals bring hands-on experience across Earned Value Management, Integrated Program Management, Project Controls, Planning & Scheduling, Schedule Analysis, Risk Management, Technology Solutions, and specialized program talent.

We integrate with client teams to strengthen program controls, improve data quality, establish credible baselines, and provide greater visibility into current performance and emerging risks.

From program startup and baseline development to IBR preparation, EVMS assessments, schedule health and risk analysis, ongoing execution, and program recovery, IMS provides scalable expertise at critical points throughout the program lifecycle.
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IMS combines specialized program management expertise with the organizational capabilities required to support sensitive, mission-critical DOE, DoD, Aerospace, Defense, and National Security programs.

‍Complex missions demand disciplined execution. IMS provides the expertise, insight, security readiness, and program controls to help keep critical initiatives moving forward.
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Questions?
How can we tell if our Integrated Master Schedule is actually giving us an accurate picture of program performance?

A credible Integrated Master Schedule should do more than document dates—it should help your program team understand what is driving delivery, where milestones are at risk, and what actions can improve the outcome.

IMS helps government contractors develop, assess, and maintain logic-driven schedules that integrate milestones, dependencies, critical and near-critical paths, and cross-functional inputs. We also evaluate schedule health, identify emerging issues, and provide actionable recommendations to improve forecast accuracy and milestone predictability.

The goal is simple: turn the schedule from a reporting requirement into an early-warning and decision-support tool.

How can we make Earned Value Management more useful to program leadership—not just a compliance exercise?

Earned Value Management delivers the greatest value when cost, schedule, technical performance, and forecasting are viewed together. When those elements reside in disconnected systems or processes, EVM can become focused on monthly reporting rather than proactive program management.

IMS helps contractors establish and improve EVM processes, tools, baselines, forecasts, and system integrations so leadership can better understand cost and schedule performance, identify emerging variances, and evaluate likely outcomes at completion.

Our approach helps transform EVM data into management insight—giving program leaders better visibility into where performance is heading and where intervention may be required.

How do we know whether our staffing plan can actually support the program schedule?

A program schedule may appear executable until resource constraints are considered. Critical skill shortages, competing priorities, delayed hiring, or unrealistic labor assumptions can quickly translate into missed milestones and increased program costs.

IMS helps organizations connect resource requirements to program schedules and execution plans so leaders can better understand where staffing demand, available capacity, and scheduled work may be misaligned.

By integrating resource planning with schedule and program-controls data, contractors can identify future bottlenecks earlier, improve workforce forecasting, and answer a critical question:

Do we have the right people, with the right skills, available when the program needs them?

How can we identify program risks early enough to take action before they affect cost or schedule?

Traditional risk registers often identify potential issues without clearly showing how those risks could affect program milestones, costs, or completion dates.

IMS integrates risk analysis with program schedules and performance data to help teams understand not only what could go wrong, but what the program impact could be. Through schedule risk assessments, critical-path analysis, forecasting, and ongoing program-controls support, IMS helps identify emerging threats and evaluate potential mitigation or recovery strategies.

This gives program managers greater insight into which risks matter most, when they could affect the program, and where management attention should be focused.

How can leadership get one reliable view of program performance when our data is spread across multiple systems?

Government contractors often manage scheduling, cost, EVM, resources, risk, financials, and reporting through different systems. The challenge is not simply having data—it is connecting that data in a way that gives leadership a timely and consistent view of program performance.

IMS helps organizations integrate program management processes, systems, and data so that decision-makers can see the relationships among schedule performance, cost, resources, risk, and forecast outcomes.

Whether improving existing environments or integrating tools such as Primavera P6, Deltek Cobra, Open Plan, PM Compass, Microsoft Project, ERP systems, and financial systems, IMS focuses on creating actionable program intelligence rather than adding another layer of reporting.

The result is greater executive visibility into the questions that matter most:

Are we on plan? What is changing? What is at risk? What will it cost? And where should management act now?