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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2004. Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy: 2003 Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10931.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2004. Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy: 2003 Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10931.
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APPENDIX A
Statement of Task

In response to a congressional directive, the National Research Council has appointed a committee to review and assess the progress made by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in improving its project management practices. This study includes evaluation of the implementation of recommendations in the 1999 NRC report Improving Project Management in the Department of Energy. The principal goal of this effort is to assess DOE’s efforts to improve project management practices, including: (1) specific changes in organization, management practices, personnel training, and project reviews and reporting; (2) an assessment of the progress made in achieving improvement; and (3) the likelihood that improvements will be permanent. These tasks will also require development of a framework for evaluation and performance measures specifically tied to DOE’s project management process.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2004. Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy: 2003 Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10931.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2004. Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy: 2003 Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10931.
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In 1997, Congress, in the conference report, H.R. 105-271, to the FY1998 Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill, directed the NRC to carry out a series of assessments of project management at the Department of Energy (DOE). This report, the 2003 Assessment, is the final one in that series. It presents an examination of DOE's progress in improving program management over the past three years including the Department's response to the recommendations of the previous assessments in this series. In addition to assessing DOE’s progress, the report also describes opportunities for further improvement and gives a prognosis for future developments.

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