EVMS System Description Management Process Characteristics

Characteristics: Level of Effort (LOE) is work scope of a general or supportive nature for which measurement of performance is impossible or impractical. There is no definable end-product. Discrete effort and LOE are to be separately evaluated to ensure the integrity of performance measurement data. Documents: Manager interview results Control account plans   Characteristics:  Material items are appropriately planned in discrete, apportioned or LOE Control Accounts. High-dollar value or critical material items should be discretely tracked to ensure their availability to support program needs. Documents: Manager interview results Control account plans   Characteristics: Subcontract Control Accounts planned as LOE, will be supported by other management processes to allow project visibility into the work being performed by the subcontractor. Subcontract LOE budgets are appropriately separated from the prime’s LOE budgets to avoid distortion of performance measurement information. Documents: Subcontract Control Account Plans Subcontract Scope of Work descriptions Subcontract manager interview results

Each of these three activities has its own set of characteristics. The characteristics are written to assist organizations in conforming to the intent of the guideline in each impacted management process.

As you will see, in Elán  we address over 150 management process characteristics to assist organizations in their EVMS design.

The EVMIG also identifies necessary objective evidence for each management process characteristic. This objective evidence becomes part of the organization’s  EVM System Description. As you will see in Elán,  we assign objective evidence to your EVM System Description through what we call ‘Document Sets’.

Previous | Next