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... The committee has also produced two interim letter reports (NRC, 2001a, 2002a) and the proceedings of a government/industry forum on the owner's role in project management and preproject planning (NRC, 2002b)
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... At least as important, a portfolio management process would implicitly define what projects not to do and would help to insulate DOE from the political pressures brought by would-be contractors and other economic beneficiaries to engage in unnecessary and unwarranted projects. The committee also emphasizes the role of DOE's senior management in inculcating the belief throughout the organization that projects can and will be managed effectively.
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... Therefore, the committee, in the past and in Chapter 5 and Appendix D of this report, has strongly emphasized the owner's role in project management, by which DOE, as the custodian of public funds, should not abrogate to contractors project definition, acquisition strategy decisions, and project oversight. To effectively fulfill its project management responsibilities, DOE needs to expand its investment in human capital to develop a corps of qualified project managers commensurate with the value and complexity of its projects.
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... As real competition declines, the need for knowledgeable, trained, professional federal project managers inside DOE increases. The apparent shortage of such personnel in DOE has been identified before and is addressed in Chapter 4, on human capital.
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