Progress in improving project management at the Department of Energy : 2002 assessment / Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Energy.

United States.

Project management--United States.

Project management.

Administrative agencies--United States.

Administrative agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2003.

Summary:

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 2002 Assessment, is the second in that series. It presents an examination of DOE's progress in improving program management over the past two years and offers recommendations regarding project management methodology and project oversight.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Core Competencies

3 DOE Order O 413.3 and the Program and Project Management Manual

4 Human Capital

5 DOE's Role As Owner

6 DOE Project Management Culture

7 Readiness to Proceed for First-of-a-Kind Projects

8 Project Cycle Time Reduction

9 Acquisition and Contracting

10 Recognizing Project Management Successes

Appendixes

APPENDIX A Statement of Task

APPENDIX B Biographies of Committee Members

APPENDIX C Committee Fact Finding and Briefing Activities and Documents Reviewed October 2001 Through October 2002

APPENDIX D Characteristics of Effective Owners' Representatives

APPENDIX E Key Questions for Readiness to Proceed

APPENDIX F Building Flexibility into Projects to Manage Uncertainty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610179848

9781280179846

1280179848

9780309506076

0309506077

OCLC:

55663830