A Program Master Schedule Can Improve Results

Abstract

Schedules are important. As government acquisition officials, we want things delivered at the time we agreed they would be delivered and for what we agreed to pay. We want to know whether something is going to be late or over cost. Contractor-delivered schedules can help the government program manager (PM) answer some of these important questions. However, a contractor schedule rightly focuses only on contract scope and not on the entire program picture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1016067

Entities

People

  • Patrick K. Barker

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Gantt Charts
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Systems Management
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.