1. NDIA PMCS 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management System Acceptance Working Group Buddy Everage Working Group Lead

2. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management System Acceptance (Validation) Background Concept Timeline Outline

3. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Background Historically, government has validated EVM Systems – DoD (DCMA) primary validators OMB A-11 increases need for validation ability NDIA asked to assume coordinating role

4. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Concept NDIA Program Management Systems Committee Working Group established Prepare and publish a Systems Acceptance Guide – Establish a commercial, standard process – Acceptable to government and industry – Applicable to government and industry

5. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Charter Based on a perceived need and desire by both industry and government to establish a formal standardized EVM system acceptance process, the NDIA Program Management Systems Committee (PMCS) established a working group to determine if the need exists and, if it does, develop a formal system acceptance process that will meet the needs of industry, their suppliers, and Federal government agencies.

6. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Goals and Objectives Develop a methodology for System Acceptance that will: Complement and/or replace the existing DCMA methodology Meet the system acceptance or certification requirements of all stakeholders (government agencies, DCMA, industry) Provide a standard methodology regardless of the organization conducting the acceptance review (i.e., government agency, 3 rd party, or self-evaluation)

7. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Timeline Working Group formed August 2004 Coordination meeting at IPMC, Nov. 2004 White Paper written December 2004 Working Group meeting Feb 2005 Telecon March 2005 – established outline Workshop – CPM 2005 Publish Guide – Nov. 2005 (Goal)

8. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: Team Members Membership – Buddy Everage (Lead)CSC – Joe HouserKM Systems Group – Tony FinefieldCSC (Finefield Consulting) – Bill AltmanBattelle – Joe KusickRaytheon – Floyd ReeseRaytheon – Bill NorrisNRO – Dave MuzioOMB – Ivan BembersNGA – Gary HumphreysHumphreys & Associates – Rich ZellDCMA – Peter WynneLockheed Martin

9. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: System Acceptance Guide Outline 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE OVERVIEW 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE 1.3 DEFINITIONS 2 STEPS INSYSTEM ACCEPTANCE PROCESS 2.1 SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 2.2 SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW 2.3 COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT 2.4 COMPLIANCE ACCEPTANCE 2.5 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE 3 SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 3.1 POLICY PREPARATION AND APPROVAL 3.2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND PROCEDURES V. 32 GUIDELINES 3.3 PROGRAM SELECTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW 3.4 EVM AND SYSTEM TRAINING

10. NDIA PMSC 3 - 4 May 2005 Falls Church, VA Earned Value Management Validation: System Acceptance Guide Outline 4 SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW 4.1 TEAM MEMBERSHIP SELECTION AND TRAINING 4.2 PROGRESS ASSISTANCE VISIT (PAV) 4.3 PROGRESS ASSESSMENT REVIEW (PAR) 4.4 SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW (SER) 4.5 SER REPORT PREPARATION 5 COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT 5.1 REVIEW SELF-EVALUATION REVIEW REPORT 5.2 COMPARE DOCUMENTATION TO GUIDELINES AND INTENT GUIDE 5.3 DOCUMENT AREAS OF CONCERN 5.4 RECEIVE AND EVALUATE CONTRACTOR RESPONSES TO AOCS 5.5 ISSUE FINAL COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT 6 COMPLIANCE ACCEPTANCE 6.1 REVIEW 3RD PARTY COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT 6.2 PREPARE COMPLIANCE ACCEPTANCE DOCUMENTATION 7 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE 7.1 COORDINATE WITH CUSTOMERS 7.2 ISSUE ACCEPTANCE ADVISORY