Project Management Update

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Project Management Update

• Pete Offringa
• University of California
• Project Management Working Group
• October 18, 2006

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Mission and Objectives

• Enable success of DOE Projects
• Develop cooperative PM network among contractors,
  government and professional organizations
• Promulgate project management best practices
• Promote professional development of Project
  Managers Project Teams
• Support the overall objectives of EFCOG

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Project Management Trends

• Implement DOE O 413.3
• Expand Use of Earned Value Management
• Improve External Independent Reviews
• Improve Cost Estimating
• Upgrade PARS
• Improve Quality of Documents for CD
• Improve Construction Management

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PM Trends (Cont)

• Focus High Level Management Attention on RED
  Projects
• Enhance Qualifications of Project Managers

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EFCOG Response

• CEO Forum - Construction Management
• CEO Forum - Environmental Management
• PMWG Actions

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CEO Forum - CM

• Convened Aug 31, 2006 in Washington,DC
• Contractor Senior Managers Attended
• Representatives from NNSA, SC, EM Presented
  Issues
• EFCOG Action Plan Developed

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Action Plan

• Fix RED Projects
• Improve Project Initiation
• Improve Project Execution and Communications
• Provide Requested Feedback

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CEO Forum - EM

• EM-specific Project Life Cycle
• Feedback on wInsight

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PMWG Actions

• Annual Focus
• 2005 Earned Value Management (EVM)
• 2006 Achieving Quality in Project Execution
• 2007 Converting DOE M 413.3-1 to Guides
  Construction Management

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PMWG Actions

• 2005 Activities Earned Value
• Developed an EVMS Surveillance Guide
• Formulated Indicators for Potential EVM Issues
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Linking EVM and
  Fee
• Deployed a Network for Complex-wide Assistance in
  EVMS certification
• Maintaining a Web Site for Exchange of EVMS
  Information
• http//www.srs.gov/general/EFCOG/

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PMWG Actions

• 2006 Activities Achieving Quality in Project
  Execution
• DOE O 413.3 - Contractor input (Clay Jones, SRS)
• Tailoring Proposal (Clay Jones, WSRC)
• - Determine the documentation detail required
  for CDs
• - Obtain agreement early in project life cycle

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PMWG Actions

• Design-in Quality in Critical Documents
• Risk Management (Rick Wilkinson, Parsons)
  
• Project Performance Reporting (George Jackson,
  Fluor Hanford)
• Project Execution Plans (Jeffrey Pitman, PNNL)

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PMWG Actions

• Joint Actions with Other Working Groups
• Safety Integration and Hazard Analysis (Brad
  Evans, RL, SAWG)
• Alternatives Analysis (Tom Monahon, WSRC, EPWOG)
• Project Requirements Document (Tom Monahon,
  WSRC, EPWOG)

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PMWG Actions

• 2007 Plans CEO Focus on Construction Management
• Contractor Input to Converting DOE M 413.3-1 to
  Guides
• EVMS
• Feedback on
• -EVMS Certification
• -Cost Estimating
• -EIR
• Contractor Input to GAO

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PMWG Actions

• 2007 Plans Contractor Input to Conversion of
  DOE M 413.3-1
• - Scope Definition - Roles and
  Responsibilities
• - Deliverables at CD - Acquisition Plans
• - Change Control - Estimating
• - Risk management
• PMWG Representatives on Key Panels for Guide
  Development
• Focus
• - Transaction of key deliverables
• - Performance measures
• - Remediation process for Red
  projects