Application Process For Non Critical Requests For Senior Executive Leadership

In this paper I will discuss the various aspects of a Federal Contract Specialist position and what makes it different from many other government jobs. Some people think contracting is just shopping for a living, however, it requires great skill and attention to detail. Contract Specialists must be able to communicate effectively with their customers, vendors and other contracting personnel and they must be able to accurately interpret regulations and apply them appropriately. This position is a little bit customer service representative, a little bit personal shopper and a whole lot of legal assistant.

After the solution has been agreed and funding allocated, a project is formed. The Terms of Reference defines the vision, charter, scope and deliverables for the project. It also provides the plan tree diagram, which is a summarized plan of the activities, resources and funding required to undertake the project. Finally, any risks, issues, planning assumptions and constraints are listed.

Congratulations! You have just completed the project charter, scope statement, and WBS. Now that you know what needs to be done, as the Project Manager, you are now ready to begin planning your project.

Provide a project charter of your selected project in accordance with the charter template found in Doc Sharing. The project will be the project your team will use for the remainder of this course.

As required by standards of the Public Company Oversight Board (United States) during our audit process, we will request from management written confirmation concerning representations made to use in connection with the audit. Timing and Fees The timing of our services is scheduled for performance and completion as follows: Begin interim fieldwork Completion of fieldwork Delivery of management letter December 1, 2015 March 15, 2016 March 22, 2016 4-1 CW 11/23/2015 MPh 2/19/2016 Delivery of audit report Delivery of tax returns March 29, 2016 March 29, 2016

The United States government is the largest single purchaser of goods and services in the world. Even during times of economic hardship, the US continues to dump billions into the private sector. The federal procurement spending rate of growth has surpassed the rate of U.S. inflation every year, since 2000. With annual federal procurement budgets of more than $400 billion, it is no surprise that the competition for government contracts has increased tremendously. Consequently, more and more companies are trying to get a piece of the action. When these companies adhere to all of the required regulations and statutes, they expect their proposals to be evaluated and the contract awarded in

As the Ground Station software lead for the Triton Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) program, I recognized that the review of software Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) items was tying up valuable resources and incurring additional costs. Multiple review cycles were no value added to the program. Contractor preparation cost for each submission was almost $15,000 so reducing the number of review cycles was a cost savings goal. My ten person review team was responsible for the review of over 30 CDRLs. The team reviewed and provided comments for each submission. The contractor team would then provide a formal resubmission in response. My team would disagree with the response so the process would start again. This process needed improvement to save both time and money.

This Project Charter describes the purpose, scope, objectives, estimated cost/ effort/ duration, risk and constraints, assumptions, approach and organization.

Project Management Institute. (2000). _A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (4th ed.)._

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is the second largest transit authority in the country. The transit authority handles billions of dollars in grant money; however, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) does not trust management’s ability to manage the funds received from the government. Unfortunately, because WMATA cannot properly manage their grants, the FTA restricted Metro’s ability to draw federal funds. Without access to governmental funds the WMATA relies on short-term financing to fund its operations. The WMATA hopes to be able to offer increased confidence to lenders and their bondholders by obtaining a clean audit report. An unqualified report will help WMATA gain long-term financing to relieve them from “living paycheck

Nagle, J. F., & American Bar, A. (2000). How to review a federal contract: Understanding and

(Project definition: Planned set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations)

Objectives | Guidelines | Milestones | Course Project Outline | Course Project Proposal and Milestones | Course Project Overall Table of Contents | Course Project Technical Areas

This Project Charter Template is free for you to copy and use on your project

During the project initiation phase, I can work collaboratively with the project sponsor in the development of project charter and lead up to the formal authorisation of the project/ new phase. From the sponsor’s project SOW (Business need, product scope), Business case etc., I can identify measurable project objectives, high level requirements, risks, summary milestones and budget and approval authorities. The key deliverables in this phase are project charter and stakeholder lists.