Presented to: NDIA PMSC By: Keith A. Kratzert Date: August 17, 2005 Federal Aviation Administration EVM at the FAA

Presented to: NDIA PMSC

By: Keith A. Kratzert

Date: August 17, 2005

Federal AviationAdministrationEVM at the FAA

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EVM at the FAAAugust 17, 2005

FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS)

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Recent activity

• December 2004 – included ANSI/EIA-748 compliance and IBR in FAA AMS policy

• January 2005 – created EVM Focal Point

• February 2005 – initiated EVM assessment of all OMB Exhibit 300 programs

• March 2005 – developed EVM training

• August 2005 – incorporated additional AMS policy and developed detailed guidance



AMS Policy revisions

• Provides for program and contract level EVM

• Assigns responsibilities for EVM, including the FAA EVM Focal Point

• Outlines certification requirements for program and contract level

• Outlines surveillance requirements for program and contract level



EVM assessments• Programs fall into one of 5 EVM improvement categories

– Planning

– Programs with >2 years remaining in development/ implementation/ deployment

– Programs with <2 years remaining in development/ implementation/ deployment

– Programs with performing Implementations only

– Full O&M/Steady State or dropped off the list

• Effective sustained EVM requires a complete program management system architecture (estimating through scheduling & EVM analysis up to portfolio management)

• Most program level EVM remedies lie in the project management and integrated project management domains – tie together related and supporting PM disciplines through the formation and work of a Cross-functional EVM Working Group



Assessment Themes - Issues• PM Commitment

• Cross Cutting Themes– Multiple Baselines– Government FTE’s & Effort– Program Support LOE– Choosing the Correct Contract Type– Including Sufficient EVM Language in Contracts– Comprehensive Program-Level WBS

• FAA Best Practices– Performance-based Payments– Mature Estimating Techniques– Alignment of Program WBS with Contract CLINS and OMB 300 Useful

Segments– GCAMS & CCAMS– Program Level EVM Tools Application– Risk Adjusted Schedule & Cost Applications



EVM assessment results

• Average Rating of all FAA Exhibit 300 programs is “Yellow” using ANSI/EIA-748 as benchmark

– RED – 8 Programs

– YELLOW – 4 Program

– GREEN – 7 Programs

– Planning and Steady state programs were assessed but received no R/Y/G rating



Recommendations• Form Working Group including at least:

– Systems Engineering

– Cost Estimating

– Procurement

– Risk Management

– Program Management

• Empower members to represent disciplines and to elevate to executive level any needed decisions

• Invite OMB to attend a meeting as appropriate

• Identify program office people to present “lessons learned” to group



Assistance Needed

• Most of our contracts are with the same companies that DoD deals with

• Some of the non-DoD divisions do not appear to have the EVM expertise that the DoD divisions have

• We need your help to ensure a standard EVM capability and expertise within your companies, both DoD and non-DoD applications

Documents

Presented to: NDIA PMSC By: Keith A. Kratzert Date: August 17, 2005 Federal Aviation Administration EVM at the FAA