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The President's Management Agenda (PMA) requires all Federal agencies to
strategically develop their human capital to improve
competencies...especially the inherently governmental responsibilities.
And, OMB requires a certified project manager for major investments, which
should include much of the construction work done in Reclamation, or so I
would think.

The draft of An Introduction to Project Management references PMBOK as a
PMI document; perhaps you should mention the certification for a Project
Management Professional (PMP) that is granted by PMI upon qualification and
examination? This sets an expectation for the competencies that are needed
for Executive Initiatives and for Federal project managers. The number of
PMI-certified project managers could also serve as a performance indicator
for improved outcomes.

Also, we are required (or soon will be) to use earned value management
(EVM) in our projects. This may be a concept that you would introduce with
no more than two or three sentences: plan the work/ work the plan/ measure
the variance.

 09/14/2006