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Proceedings of Government/Industry Forum The Owner's Role in Project Management and Preproject Planning (2002) / Chapter Skim
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3. DOE Project Management Accountability and Process Improvement
Pages 6-9

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From page 6...
... We are building a better process to align proposed projects with the department's mission areas, and we will do this in two ways. In the short term we will conduct an independent assessment of each proposed new project to advise the decision maker how well the project satisfies and aligns with the department' s mission areas, whether that be stewardship of the nuclear stockpile, an initiative related to the national energy plan, a nonproliferation effort, a science project, or a cleanup effort.
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From page 7...
... The acquisition plan takes the defined project and evaluates and proposes the game plan to show how the department will acquire the capability we are seeking. Acquisition planning includes such things as business approach, technical requirements, risk identification, assessment and management, life-cycle costs for alternatives, and the contracting approach.
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From page 8...
... We believe that the use of this standard and well-accepted tool will help all our managers, both contractors and federal project managers, to see what is happening in real time and be able to better influence outcomes. Fourth, the President and this administration are committed to better measurement of performance, awards for good performance, improvement of not-sogood performance, and accountability.
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From page 9...
... Use of project controls and earned value management will give us the tools to manage better and solve problems earlier, as well as serve as a performance metric. And the reviews and reporting will provide the project managers with a vehicle to inform senior managers.
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  • deputy secretary
  • acquisition planning
  • senior managers
  • financial officer

  • value management
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  • earned value
  • project controls
  • critical decisions

  • control policy
  • predefined metrics
  • project depending
  • inform senior
  • management issues

  • acquisition regulations
  • accounting service
  • bruce carnes
  • design fund
  • initiative related

  • business approach
  • national drug
  • defined project
  • program policy
  • science project

  • approve projects
  • financial operations
  • nonproliferation effort
  • acquisition plan
  • defense finance


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