NASA Earned Value Management (EVM) Excellence Award

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Submission:

The complete award application must be submitted no later than November 13, 2009.

Narrative Response:

Your responses should explain measurable results as a product of utilizing EVM, such as improved levels of performance or service, frequency of EVM usage, identification and mitigation of potential issues utilizing EVM tools and techniques, documented improvements to organizational performance, or any combination of the aforementioned list of outcomes. The methods used to measure the results should also be specified. The project should further demonstrate how the results of utilizing EVM resulted in the best value for the government.

Please respond in the applicable fields and limit your responses to a maximum of 1000 characters per category. Your responses should address the following interrelated characteristics:

1) Leadership - Leads teams of EVM supporters to develop strategies to leverage formal and informal relationships to achieve support for EVM at all levels. Facilitates formal and informal information sessions to create a culture of EVM acceptance throughout the organization.

2) Implementation - Serves on working group and/or other teams to develop EVM policy and procedural documents, performance monitoring tools and training materials/sessions for project managers and project teams. Identifies cultural and institutional barriers to EVM implementation, and develops and recommends action plans for the abatement or elimination of EVM barriers. Supports the implementation of EVM processes and tools on NASA projects.

3) Innovation - Novel approaches to data capture, utilization, and interpretation. Develops alternatives or enhancements to existing Agency tools and processes to support EVM implementation.

4) Process Improvement - Implements surveillance reviews of the EVM procedures and tools to ensure their integrity, reliability and continued relevance to governing Agency and Center policies.

5) Advocacy - Promotes the use of EVM at project, program, Center, Agency level through conference presentations, peer reviewed journal articles, lessons learned shared, etc.