Earned Value Management System Acceptance Working Group NDIA

Earned Value Management System Acceptance Working Group NDIA PMCS 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Buddy Everage Working Group Lead

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Acceptance (Validation) l Background l Concept l Timeline l Outline System

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Background l Historically, government has validated EVM Systems – l l Do. D (DCMA) primary “validators” OMB A-11 increases need for validation ability NDIA asked to assume coordinating role

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Concept l l NDIA Program Management Systems Committee Working Group established Prepare and publish a “Systems Acceptance Guide” – – – Establish a commercial, standard process Acceptable to government and industry Applicable to government and industry

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Charter Based on a perceived need and desire by both industry and government to establish a formal standardized EVM system acceptance process, the NDIA Program Management Systems Committee (PMCS) established a working group to determine if the need exists and, if it does, develop a formal system acceptance process that will meet the needs of industry, their suppliers, and Federal government agencies.

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: 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 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Timeline • • Working Group formed August 2004 Coordination meeting at IPMC, Nov. 2004 White Paper written December 2004 Working Group meeting Feb 2005 Telecon March 2005 – established outline Workshop – CPM 2005 Publish Guide – Nov. 2005 (Goal)

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Team Members l Membership – – – Buddy Everage (Lead) Joe Houser Tony Finefield Bill Altman Joe Kusick Floyd Reese Bill Norris Dave Muzio Ivan Bembers Gary Humphreys Rich Zell Peter Wynne CSC KM Systems Group CSC (Finefield Consulting) Battelle Raytheon NRO OMB NGA Humphreys & Associates DCMA Lockheed Martin

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: System Acceptance Guide Outline 1 2 3 1 INTRODUCTION 1. 1 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE OVERVIEW 1. 2 PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE 1. 3 DEFINITIONS STEPS IN SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE PROCESS 2. 1 SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 2. 2 SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW 2. 3 COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT 2. 4 COMPLIANCE ACCEPTANCE 2. 5 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE SYSTEM DESIGNAND IMPLEMENTATION 3. 1 POLICY PREPARATION AND APPROVAL 3. 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND PROCEDURES V. 32 GUIDELINES 3. 3 PROGRAM SELECTIONFOR IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW 3. 4 EVM AND SYSTEM TRAINING

NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: System Acceptance Guide Outline 4 SELF -EVALUATION REVIEW 4. 1 TEAM MEMBERSHIP SELECTION AND TRAINING 4. 2 PROGRESS ASSISTANCE VISIT (PAV) 4. 3 PROGRESS ASSESSMENT REVIEW (PAR) 4. 4 SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW (SER) 4. 5 SER REPORT PREPARATION 5 COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT 5. 1 REVIEW SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW REPORT 5. 2 COMPARE DOCUMENTATION TO GUIDELINES AND INTENT GUIDE 5. 3 DOCUMENT A REAS OF CONCERN 5. 4 RECEIVE AND EVA LUATE CONTRACTOR RESPONSES TO AOCS 5. 5 ISSUE FINAL COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT 6 COMPLIANCE ACCEPTANCE 6. 1 REVIEW 3 RD PARTY COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT 6. 2 PREPARE COMPLIANCE ACCEPTANCE DOCUMENTATION 7 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE 7. 1 COORDINATE WITH CUSTOMERS 7. 2 ISSUE ACCEPTANCE ADVISORY