The Energy Department has described ongoing and new aspects of its initiative to improve project management, including releasing results of a review by a special working group including case studies and recommendations regarding funding, culture, project ownership, independent oversight and front-end planning from experienced project management leaders.
In a blog post, the department said it has improved its lines of responsibility and peer review process for projects around the principles of a clear designation of a project owner who has budgetary responsibility; an independent assessment function with direct access to senior Departmental officials; and a direct reporting path from the federal project director to the project owner.
The department also said it will transform an acquisitions advisory board from an ad hoc body to one that meets regularly to discuss and review the department’s actions in that area. That group will be bolstered by a new committee called the project management risk committee that will include the department’s leading management experts and will meet biweekly to provide risk assessment and make recommendations to senior leadership.
