Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy

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

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Core Competencies; 5 3. DOE Order O 413.3 and the Program and Project Management Manual; 6 4. Human Capital; 7 5. DOE's Role As Owner; 8 6. DOE Project Management Culture; 9 7. Readiness to Proceed for First-of-a-Kind Projects; 10 8. Project Cycle Time Reduction; 11 9. Aquisition and Contracting; 12 10. Recognizing Project Management Successes; 13 Appendix A: Statement of Task; 14 Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members; 15 Appendix C: Committee Fact Finding and Briefing Activities and Documents Reviewed from October 2001 Through October 2002; 16 Appendix D: Characteristics of Effective Owners' Representatives; 17 Appendix E: Key Questions for Readiness to Proceed; 18 Appendix F: Building Flexibility into Projects to Manage Uncertainty