Table of Contents: Progress in improving project management at the Department of Energy :

Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Subjects:	Project management > United States. Administrative agencies > United States. United States. > Dept. of Energy. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration. Management. United States.
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Table of Contents:

""Frontmatter""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Core Competencies""; ""3 DOE Order O 413.3 and the Program and Project Management Manual""; ""4 Human Capital""; ""5 DOEâ€?s Role As Owner""; ""6 DOE Project Management Culture""; ""7 Readiness to Proceed for First-of-a-Kind Projects""; ""8 Project Cycle Time Reduction""; ""9 Acquisition and Contracting""; ""10 Recognizing Project Management Successes""; ""Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A Statement of Task""; ""APPENDIX B Biographies of Committee Members""
""APPENDIX C Committee Fact Finding and Briefing Activities and Documents Reviewed October 2001 Through October 2002""""APPENDIX D Characteristics of Effective Ownersâ€? Representatives""; ""APPENDIX E Key Questions for Readiness to Proceed""; ""APPENDIX F Building Flexibility into Projects to Manage Uncertainty""