Earned Value Management System Acceptance Working Group NDIA

Earned Value Management System Acceptance Working Group NDIA PMCS 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Buddy Everage Working Group Lead

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: Agenda l Goals & Objectives l Document Status l Next Steps

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: Goals and Objectives ● Develop a methodology for System Acceptance that will: Ø Complement and/or replace the existing DCMA methodology Ø Meet the system acceptance or certification requirements of all stakeholders (government agencies, DCMA, industry) Ø Provide a standard methodology regardless of the organization conducting the acceptance review (i. e. , government agency, 3 rd party, or self-evaluation)

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: System Acceptance Guide Outline November Draft Original Draft Current Draft 1. Introduction 2. Steps in System Acceptance Process 2. The System Acceptance Process 3. System Design and Implementation 4. Self-Evaluation Review 4. EVMS System Compliance Evaluation Review 5. Compliance Assessment 5. System Compliance Acceptance 6. Compliance Acceptance 7. System Acceptance 4. 5. EVMS System Compliance Evaluation Review Acceptance of System Compliance Appendix A: Compliance Team Qualification Guidelines Appendix B: Example CER Report Appendix C: PAR and CER Execution Considerations

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: The System Acceptance Process

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: Comments Received To Date • Inconsistency in titles of referenced documents and/or incorrect titles • Concerns about cross-agency acceptance and reciprocal agreements • What is the motivation? Who is going to enforce? • Concerns about the number of documents submitted with proposal as evidence of compliance (EVM System Owner Responsibilities) • Concerns about the EVM Executive Agent Responsibilities with regard to approving the System Owner’s EVMS changes • The Compliance Evaluation Team qualifications (Appendix A) is the wrong version.

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: The Next Steps 1. Obtain additional comments/recommendations for final document 2. Working Group will review and incorporate changes as required • Comments/recommendations received to date are minor; no show stoppers. 3. Request approval of PMSC members to publish the System Acceptance Guide

NDIA PMSC 31 January 2006 San Diego, CA Earned Value Management System Acceptance: A Job Well Done! • Thanks to the entire Working Group for their dedication and hard work in the development of this document • A special thanks to Rewrite Team: • Bill Altman and Battelle Tech Writer • Joe Houser • Gary Humphreys • Floyd Reece • Harry Sparrow