Office of Environmental Management Best Practices

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Office of Environmental ManagementBest Practices

• J. E. Surash, P.E.
• Deputy Assistant Secretary
• Acquisition and Project Management
• Office of Environmental Management
• November 15, 2006

2006 Project Management Workshop
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The EM Program is a Large, Complex Cleanup
Effort.
Sites States Acres Budget (FY-07) Workforce
(federal and contractor)
114 31 2,000,000 5.9 B 34,000
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Project Management Within DOE

• Late 1990s, National Research Council (NRC)
  study
• Construction and environmental projects take too
  long and cost too much . . .
• Improvements made by implementation of DOE Order
  413.3A, Program and Project Management for the
  Acquisition of Capital Assets

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Project Management Within EM

• EM has applied project management to the entire
  environmental cleanup effort, not just capital
  asset projects
• EM Project Portfolios total project cost is
  160 billion
• 87 Projects
• 7 EM Line Item Construction Projects (14.5B)
• 80 EM Cleanup Projects (145.7B)

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EM Project Management Systems Accomplishments

• EM has made significant improvement in project
  performance in FY06
• January 2006 - 15 red/yellow projects
• October 2006 - 3 red/yellow projects
• 68 of the 87 Projects have been Reviewed for
  Life-Cycle Reasonableness and/or Near-Term
  Validation
• 58 Certified Federal Project Directors
• Currently 39 are Managing the on-going projects

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EM Project Management Systems Accomplishments
(Contd)

• EVMS Certification Status for Projects gt 20M at
  CD-2 (55)
• 36.4 of Projects (20) have Certified EVMS
• 16.4 of Projects (9) in Review
• To improve credibility of data and systems we use
  to manage
• Federal Oversight Reporting, Monitoring, Control
  
• Performance Reporting
• Contractors Monthly Status Report
• Quarterly Performance Reviews
• Office of Project Management Oversight Monthly
  Project Assessment
• OECM Monthly Project Status Report for the Deputy
  Secretary

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Program Accomplishments Fernald ---- Before and
After
Fernald Closure Project
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Summary

• DOE has had a significant culture change in the
  last five years in applying a more rigorous
  project management structure
• EM has applied DOE Order 413.3A to its entire
  cleanup program
• EM is integrating comprehensive safety processes
  to our projects
• EM continues to complete cleanup in a safe,
  compliant manner with Senior management focus on
  controlling cost and schedule