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Employing Earned Value Management in Government Research and Design - Lessons Learned from the TrenchesTo effectively manage a project, the project manager must have a plan, understand the current conditions, and be able to take action to correct the course when challenges arise. Research and design projects face technical, schedule, and budget challenges that make it difficult to utilize project management tools developed for projects based on previously demonstrated technologies. Projects developing new technologies by their inherent nature are trying something new and thus have little to no data to support estimates for schedule and cost, let alone the technical outcome. Projects with a vision for the outcome but little confidence in the exact tasks to accomplish in order to achieve the vision incur cost and schedule penalties when conceptual solutions require unexpected iterations or even a reinvention of the plan. This presentation will share the project management methodology and tools developed through trial and error for a NASA research and design project combining industry, academia, and NASA inhouse work in which Earned Value Management principles were employed but adapted for the reality of the government financial system and the reality of challenging technology development. The priorities of the presented methodology are flexibility, accountability, and simplicity to give the manager tools to help deliver to the customer while not using up valuable time and resources on extensive planning and analysis. This presentation will share the methodology, tools, and work through failed and successful examples from the three years of process evolution.
Document ID
20090028823
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Simon, Tom (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Subject Category
Administration And Management
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-18660
Meeting Information
Meeting: PM Challenge
Location: Galveston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: February 9, 2010
End Date: February 10, 2010
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: D811540090710CASX22009D
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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