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Improving Project Management in the Department of Energy (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 130-134

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... The activities required to evaluate project design alternatives and to develop sufficient detail to establish a baseline scope, cost, and schedule for project authorization.
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From page 131...
... A management technique comparing the value of work performed to actual costs and relating resource planning to schedules and technical performance requirements; work is planned, budgeted, and scheduled using specific time increments to set measurable performance baselines; comparisons of planned values to actual performed (earned) values, provides an objective assessment of cost performance.
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From page 132...
... Preliminary design. A continuation of the conceptual design and the project design criteria as a basis for project development; preliminary design develops fiscal, engineering, and other information to determine the requirements and criteria that govern the definitive design; tasks include preparation of preliminary planning and engineering studies, preliminary drawings and outline specifications, life-cycle cost analysis, preliminary cost estimates, and scheduling for project completion; preliminary design identifies long lead procurement items and analyzes risks associated with continued project development.
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From page 133...
... Technical data and other project information developed during the project identification, conceptual design, and/or preliminary design phases, that define the project scope, construction features and requirements, and design parameters; applicable design codes, standards, and regulations; applicable health, safety, fire protection, safeguards, security, energy conservation, and quality assurance requirements, and other requirements. Project manager.
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From page 134...
... The result of project/program planning establishing the physical work packages or elements that completely define a project; the work breakdown structure organizes the physical work packages into levels that can be developed into a summary.
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Key Terms

  • project design
  • total estimated
  • conceptual design
  • preliminary design
  • value function

  • work breakdown
  • physical work
  • work packages
  • design criteria
  • activities required

  • project development
  • breakdown structure
  • total project
  • project cost
  • environmental restoration

  • program mission
  • construction acquisition
  • develop sufficient
  • energy costs
  • strategic goals

  • organization responsible
  • individual development
  • organized effort
  • savings generated
  • lead procurement

  • time increments
  • international implications
  • process requires
  • programmatic importance
  • include planning


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