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Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
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Earned Value Management
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Earned value is a management technique that relates resource planning to schedules and to technical cost and schedule requirements. All work is planned, budgeted, and scheduled in time-phased "planned value" increments constituting a cost and schedule measurement baseline. There are two major objectives of an earned value system: to encourage contractors to use effective internal cost and schedule management control systems; and to permit the customer to be able to rely on timely data produced by those systems for determining product-oriented contract status.
[Response] as of September 10, 2012 the latest version of the guide is dated May of 2011 and is located on the NDIA site. http://www.ndia.org/Divisions/Divisions/Procurement/Pages/Program_Management_Systems_Committee.aspx#documents
[Response] The following answer is provided by Roberta Tomasini (Roberta.Tomasini@dau.mil), Professor of Financial Management, Defense Acquisition University. The answer is NO as long as the scope of the work in the exercised contract option is part of the scope of work agreed to in the "program of record" via the approved acq strategy, ADM, and embedded in the APB cost/schedule/performance. Thus, it would be included in the APB cost numbers. If so, it is only cost growth, if the funding to exercise the option is more than what was expected as the basis for the APB costs for the effort.
[Response] Brian, There are a couple of articles in the ACQuipedia written by a faculty member that might help clarify the differences a bit. The first is the one on Budget at Completion and can be found at https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=241394. The second is on Total Allocated Budget and that one is located at https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=236960. Hopefully a SME will jump in on your question with a more detailed reply, but I thought those two articles might help. I checked the current Defense Acquisition Guidebook and didn't seen anything there that provided any more details.
[Tools & Forms] DAU White Card
[Question] What's the difference between TAB and BAC with respect to Earned Value Management?
[References] DAU Gold Card - July 2012
[Highlight] New Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Combines CPR and IMS into one Report
[Announcement] New Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Combines CPR and IMS into one Report
[Announcement] Run!AzTech by AzTech International
[Question] Is excersizing a contract option considered Cost Growth?
[Question] Funding, budgets and purchase orders?
[Question] Have any companies successfully achieved ANSI EV certification using Primavera without the help of a cost processor (like PRISM or Cobra)?
[Learning Materials] Fundamentals of EV module 5 - Baseline Maintenance
[Learning Materials] Fundamentals of EV module 4 - EAC
[Learning Materials] Earned Value Special Topic # 1 - DAU Integrated Program Management Model
[Highlight] DAU Gold Card - January 2009
[Tools & Forms] EVMS forProject
[Tools & Forms] DCMA Schedule Analyzer forProject
[Tools & Forms] Process Library forProject
[Tools & Forms] forProject EV desktop tools suite
[Related Websites] OSD EVM Web Site
[References] Guide to Analysis of Contractor Cost Data
[Related Websites] EVM Media Lessons, Practices, Issues, and Initiatives
[Case Studies] A-12 Administrative Inquiry
[Tools & Forms] Tools for Control Account Managers
[Processes & Methods] Cost and Schedule XML Schema
[References] Earned Value Management Contract Requirements Checklist - Updated April 2008
[Highlight] Cost and Schedule XML Schema
[Announcement] Draft for Review: Updated Contract Performance Report and Integrated Master Schedule Data Item Descriptions
[Announcement] August 2011 PARCA EVMS Performance, Oversight, and Governance Memorandum
[Regulatory] MIL-STD-881C Work Breakdown Structures for Defense Material Items
[References] IMP & IMS Preparation and Use Guide - October 21, 2005
[References] DoD DST EVM Report to Congress dtd 1 Sept 2009
[Related Websites] NDIA Program Management Systems Committee
[References] NDIA ANSI EIA 748 Intent Guide - Updated November 2006
[Regulatory] OMB Capital Programming Guide V 2.0
[References] NDIA Surveillance Guide - Updated Oct 2004
[References] NDIA's - The PM Guide to IBR Process
[Processes & Methods] Practical, Performance-Based Earned ValueR
[Processes & Methods] Practical Software Measurement, Performance-Based Earned Value
[References] Navy Audit Service Report," EVM for Littoral Combat Ship "Freedom" Contracts
[Lessons Learned] Article from DCMA about the new head of EVM Dated July/August 2006
[References] Systems Engineering and EVM Support for Performance-Based Awards