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In the Age of AI, Curiosity Is the Real Advantage
AI is accelerating how people learn, solve problems, and approach their work. Curiosity, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives can help people adapt and contribute as AI reshapes established ways of working.
DoW May Ask for Your Actual Costs. What Happens When the Request Lands?
DoW’s cost and pricing guidance gives contracting officers more room to request actual costs when needed to support a price. Learn what changed, what didn’t, and how connected pricing, execution and accounting data helps teams respond.
Preparing for ISO 9001:2026: Key QMS Changes and Where to Focus
The 2026 changes to ISO 9001 update the QMS framework without requiring organizations to start over. It puts greater focus on quality culture, risks and opportunities, organizational knowledge, and external processes. Quality managers can use the transition to identify genuine gaps and strengthen quality across the business.
Stop Switching Tabs: Your Favorite AI Tools Now Work With Costpoint Through MCP
This article explains how Costpoint now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP), so Dela can reach approved outside tools and the AI tools your teams already use can work with Costpoint. It shows how that cuts the time spent switching between systems, with administrators deciding which connections exist.
Why Finance’s Perspective Belongs in Proposal Development, Not Just After the Award
This article explains why Finance belongs in proposal development earlier, using a lesson from three proposals submitted at once and the requirements that were missed. It also shows how Costpoint Proposals helps teams bring Finance into requirements review while the response is still taking shape.
Manage Enterprise Risk Across Your Organization and Projects with Deltek PPM Risk
Enterprise risk and project delivery information usually live in separate systems. Deltek just linked them with Deltek PPM Risk, the first module in its new Deltek PPM product. It brings enterprise risk management closer to project execution, helping organizations connect the risks they manage across the business with the projects where those risks can have an impact.
For Defense Manufacturers, Cloud Strategy Is Becoming Contract Strategy
Defense manufacturers need to know where CUI lives and how it is protected across their technology environment. CMMC Phase 2 may be paused, but core safeguarding obligations remain. A cloud strategy that accounts for systems, vendors, and security boundaries can make compliance easier to manage and explain.
The Door to Government Contracting Just Got Wider
This article breaks down DoW’s memo raising the Cost Accounting Standards threshold to $100 million, covering what’s changing, what isn’t, and why cost visibility still matters for contractors either way.
BOE Pro's First Dela Agent is Here. So is a More Consistent Cost Volume Pro.
The ProPricer Q3 2026 release introduces guided BOE authoring, Dela-powered BOE drafting, and new Cost Volume Pro enhancements that improve consistency across proposal content. These updates take time out of the manual mechanics of estimating and cost volume production, so estimating and proposal teams can spend more of it on the estimate and the proposal itself.
Earned Value Management 101: Why It's the KPI Most Firms Get Wrong
This article explains how to track Earned Value Management (EVM), the project KPI that provides project leaders with the earliest warning of cost and schedule problems in professional services engagements.
The Pentagon Wants In: What DoW’s New Pricing Memo Means for Your Proposals
A new DoW memo pushes for full cost and pricing transparency across every contractor tier, including a proposal to pull data directly from contractor systems. Here's what the memo proposes to change, what it doesn't say, and how contractors can get ahead of it.
Deltek Recognized as an Expert in the Nucleus Research Enterprise ERP Technology Value Matrix 2026
Nucleus Research, an independent technology analyst firm, recognized Deltek as an Expert in its Enterprise ERP Technology Value Matrix 2026. The report highlights Deltek's strengths in operational visibility, project lifecycle management, and workflow automation through its modular platform architecture, low-code extensibility, and integration capabilities, as well as its ongoing investment in AI, UX, security, and compliance.
Deltek Recognized as an Expert in the Nucleus Research SMB ERP Technology Value Matrix 2026
Nucleus Research, an independent technology analyst firm, recognized Deltek as an Expert in the 2026 SMB ERP Technology Value Matrix for its portfolio of project-based ERP solutions. The report highlights Deltek's ongoing investments in operational visibility, workflow automation, embedded AI, user experience innovation, compliance, and cloud security.