DOE Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Plan
Improving the Department of Energy's project and contract management continues to be one of the Department's management priorities. Excellence in this area helps ensure that DOE's programs and projects meet DOE's strategic objectives, provide value to the American taxpayer, and foster public confidence in DOE's ability to manage its responsibilities.
As part of our effort to build a strong project and contract management foundation, a root cause analysis (RCA) was developed through extensive collaboration between DOE's Headquarters and field project, contract, and financial management professionals, and in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office. The Root Cause Analysis identified the key elements necessary to make the meaningful changes required to consistently deliver projects within cost and schedule performance parameters; disciplined upfront planning; realistic estimates of cost and schedule; and straight forward communication between the project director and senior management.
In addition, the team develope a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) to ensure that DOE's efforts to improve will be focused on addressing the root causes with meaningful and lasting solutions, ensure senior leadership ownership, and provide demonstrable results.
The Department remains strongly committed to real and tangible improvement in DOE's project and contract performance. Your commitment to pursue these initiatives and actions will help to resolve the contract and project management issues and root causes which have challenged DOE for years. Everyone's personal commitment and the active participation of headquarters and field organizations are critical to our success.
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