• Front Matter R1-R14

• Executive Summary 1-4

• 1. Introduction 5-8

• 2. Core Competencies 9-14

• 3. DOE Order O 413.3 and the Program and Project Management Manual 15-18

• 4. Human Capital 19-27

• 5. DOE's Role As Owner 28-32

• 6. DOE Project Management Culture 33-39

• 7. Readiness to Proceed for First-of-a-Kind Projects 40-48

• 8. Project Cycle Time Reduction 49-56

• 9. Aquisition and Contracting 57-66

• 10. Recognizing Project Management Successes 67-72

• Appendix A: Statement of Task 73-75

• Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members 76-81

• Appendix C: Committee Fact Finding and Briefing Activities and Documents Reviewed from October 2001 Through October 2002 82-91

• Appendix D: Characteristics of Effective Owners' Representatives 92-95

• Appendix E: Key Questions for Readiness to Proceed 96-107

• Appendix F: Building Flexibility into Projects to Manage Uncertainty 108-111

" 5. DOE's Role As Owner ." Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy: 2002 Assessment . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003 .

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