Processes and Procedures

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• GAO-10-199, DOE: Actions Needed to Develop High-Quality Cost Estimates for Construction and Environmental Cleanup Projects (910KB) January 2010
• GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide (4.4MB), March 2009
• Contract and Project Management Concerns at the National Nuclear Security Administration and Office of Environmental Management (230KB), March 2009
• HIGH-RISK SERIES: An Update (2.8MB) January 2009
• Department of Energy-Office of Science Has Kept Majority of the Projects within Budget and on Schedule, but Funding and Other Challenges May Grow (912KB) May 2008
• Department of Energy-Consistent Application of Requirements Needed to Improve Project Management (504KB), May 2007
• Contract Management for Major Projects (1021KB), March 2005
• Contract Reform (480KB), September 2002
• Opportunity to Improve Management of Major System Acquisitions (1.3MB), November 1996

Inspector General (IG)

• Special Report: Management Challenges at the Department of Energy (1.1MB), December 2007
• Audit of Project Management Practices in the Office of Science (101KB), November 4, 2002

National Research Council (NRC)

• Assessment of the Results of External Independent Reviews for U.S. Department of Energy Projects (388KB), 2007
• Progress in Improving Project Management in DOE (5.9MB), 2003
• Progress in Improving Project Management in DOE (5.5MB), 2002
• 2002 Interim Report (100KB), May 23, 2002
• Improving Project Management in DOE (Phase II Report) (117KB), 2001
• Characteristics of Successful Megaprojects (246KB), 2000
• Improving Project Management in DOE (640KB), 1999

Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF)

• Independent Research Assessment of Project Management Factors Affecting Department of Energy Project Success (394KB), July 2004

DOE National Laboratories Improvement Council (NLIC)

• White Paper on Management of Major Research Facility Construction Projects (42KB), May 2006

RAND Publication Series

• Understanding the Outcomes of Megaprojects: A Quantitative Analysis of Very Large Civilian Projects (3.1MB), March 1988