Know the EarthShow the Way Intelligence Community Earned

Know the Earth…Show the Way Intelligence Community Earned Value Management Council November 2004 Inter-Agency Cooperation & Collaboration Within the IC Peggy Poindexter Business Executive Acquisition Directorate NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IC EVM Council Background § Identified need for Intelligence Community (IC) forum to collaborate and share information § Briefed the IC Acquisition Council (ICAC) Ø Ø Briefed member agencies’ EVM application (Jan 04) Established working group to evaluate need for IC EVM Council (EVMC) • § Members: CIA, DIA, NGA, NRO, NSA and IC SAE Drafted and coordinated EVMC charter Ø Agreed upon and signed (Aug 04) Ø Initiated action plan for next steps 2 Inter-Agency Cooperation & Collaboration Within the IC

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IC EVM Council Purpose Provide a venue for collaboration and recognition of Government application and industry implementation of EVM and Compliance with ANSI/EIA 748 -A John Daley Doug Kelly Peggy Poindexter Ivan Bembers Jim Gordon Mary Clark Susie Meyer Bob Reuter (secretariat) 3 Inter-Agency Cooperation & Collaboration Within the IC

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IC EVM Council Functions § Serve as focal point for EVM within the IC on EVM approach, policy, and guidelines Ø Advocates EVM to IC Industry partners Ø Discuss Government and Industry EVM concerns § Jointly monitor contractors’ EVM systems implementations on IC contracts § Share status concerning contractors’ EVM systems § Communicate approval and termination of acceptance of contractors’ EVM systems 4 Inter-Agency Cooperation & Collaboration Within the IC

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IC EVM Council Functions, cont’d… § Share best practices and refine benchmarking and metrics § Share information on tools, lessons learned, reviews and reporting § Collaborate on guidelines for process reviews and approving contractors’ EVM systems including certification and continued acceptance § Provide input to the acquisition workforce working group regarding EVM training requirements 5 Inter-Agency Cooperation & Collaboration Within the IC

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Near Term Steps Communicate EVMC approach to stakeholders and Industry partners § Coordinate advance agreements for joint surveillance § Exchange guidelines and process § 6 Inter-Agency Cooperation & Collaboration Within the IC