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| INDIVIDUAL AWARD |
| Award Eligibility: |
All individuals, Civil Servants and contractors, who work to improve EVM capabilities for use on in-house NASA projects at a project, program, Center, and/or Agency level are eligible.
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| Application Process: |
Any and all personnel associated with a NASA project, Center or Agency EVM capability, Civil Servant or contracted, may submit an application. Applications must be submitted no later than November 13, 2009 for review by the Earned Value Management Excellence Award Selection Panel.
Narratives in the application should describe measurable results that address the award selection criteria listed below as they apply to projects, Centers, or the Agency. Results should include specifics that demonstrate how each of the criteria are met. The narratives should also include how the results have benefited the government’s project management through EVM. |
| Award Criteria and Purpose: |
The following five criteria are designed to highlight project performance characteristics that will increase the effectiveness of EVM systems at NASA.
The criteria have three important roles in strengthening the proper utilization of EVM at NASA:
• To help improve organizational performance practices, capabilities, and results in EVM.
• To facilitate communication and sharing of best practices information.
• To serve as a working tool for understanding and managing performance and for guiding organizational planning and opportunities for learning.
| 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.
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| 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. |
| Innovation |
Novel approaches to data capture, utilization, and interpretation
Develops alternatives or enhancements to existing Agency tools and processes to support EVM implementation |
| 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.
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| Advocacy |
Promotes the use of EVM at project, program, Center, Agency level through conference presentations, peer reviewed journal articles, lessons learned shared, etc.
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