Cooperating Agency Method for Event Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA)

Abstract

Certain large, national-level programs are characterized by participation on a nearly equal basis of several major services and agencies, tied together by a management group whose functions are of a coordinating rather than a directing nature. All aspects of such programs cannot always be determined initially, but may develop or evolve. The Cooperating Agency Method for Event Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) was developed as a program control technique for the U. S. Navy Management Staff, Bureau of Ships, Communications Satellite Program. Its purpose is to monitor all phases of a program in an expeditious and inexpensive manner. Each participant in a program is required to report on the status of his tasks. For the CAMERA Report, all milestones are divided into various status categories: Completed, Cancelled, Rescheduled, New, Behind Schedule, Due Next Report Period, and Active. There are further break-downs within these categories to give a more detailed picture of each milestone-action taken, responsible agency, performing contractor, and appropriate dates. This is particularly valuable to each program manager in his decision-making activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0409455

Entities

People

  • M. P. Deregt

Organizations

  • Booz Allen Hamilton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Processing Equipment
  • Project Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Business Analytics
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Space