These directives contains project management-related orders and guides that allow federal project directors and project teams to comply with applicable laws and regulations while putting in place most effective project management practices that increase probability of project success.
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| Number | Title | Description | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOE O 413.3B (Chg 7) (LtdChg) | Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets | The Order provides DOE and NNSA with program and project management direction for the acquisition of capital assets with the goal of delivering projects within the original performance baseline (PB), cost and schedule, and fully capable of meeting mission performance, safeguards and security, and environmental, safety, and health requirements unless impacted by a directed change. Implements OMB Circulars A-11, A-123 and A-131. Supersedes Chg 5 (MinChg), dated 4-12-2018. | 6/21/2023 |
| DOE G 413.3-1 | Managing Design and Construction Using Systems Engineering | The goal of this Guide is to provide the Department of Energy's federal project directors (FPDs) with the knowledge, methodologies, and tools needed to meet Order 413.3A's requirement that they plan, implement and complete their assigned project(s) using a System Engineering approach. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-2 | Quality Assurance Guide for Project Management | This Guide provides information to assist U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Project Directors (FPD) and their Integrated Project Teams (IPT) in carrying out their Quality Assurance (QA)-related roles and responsibilities. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-3A, Chg 1 | Safeguards and Security for Program and Project Management | This Guide addresses the implementation steps for achieving safeguards and security systems that support the Department's projection objectives. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-4A, Chg 1 | Technology Readiness Assessment | This document was developed to assist individuals and teams that will be involved in conducting Technology Readiness Assessments (TRAs) and developing Technology Maturation Plans (TMPs) for the Department of Energy (DOE) capital acquisition assets subjects to DOE O 413.3B. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-5A, Chg 1 | Performance Baseline | This guide identifies key Performance Baseline (PB) elements, development processes, and practices; describes the context in which DOE PB development occurs; and suggests ways of addressing the critical elements in PB development. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-6B | High Performance Sustainable Building | This Guide highlights the DOE O 413.3B drivers for incorporating high performance sustainable building (HPSB) principles into Critical Decisions 1 through 4 and provides guidance for implementing the Order's HPSB requirements. Cancels/supersedes DOE G 413.3-6A Chg 1 (AdminChg). | 4/5/2020 |
| DOE G 413.3-7A Chg2 | Risk Management Guide | This Guide provides non-mandatory risk management approaches for implementing the requirements of DOE O 413.3B, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets. | 11/22/2021 |
| DOE G 413.3-9A | Project Review Guide for Capital Asset Projects | This Guide is a tool for federal project directors (FPDs), integrated project teams and federal program managers in planning and executing project reviews outlined in DOE O 413.3B. It addresses the reviews that are conducted from outside the project team during the lifecycle of a project based on the critical decision (CD) milestones, complexity, and duration of a project. | 9/14/2018 |
| DOE G 413.3-10B | Integrated Project Management Using the Earned Value Management System | This guide provides information for improving the integration of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) with project management planning, execution, and control processes. It also reviews U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) interpretation, application, and implementation of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) industry standard, EIA-748, for EVMS compliance. The Federal Project Director (FPD) and contractor project personnel should understand these requirements and proactively use EVMS data and information to effectively manage and make decisions within the DOE Order (O) 413.3B set of integrated project management (IPM) requirements. | 4/20/2022 |
| DOE G 413.3-12A | Front-End Planning and Project Definition Rating Index for Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Constructions Projects | This guide provides the Department of Energy (DOE) federal project directors (FPD) and integrated project teams (IPT) with the information, methodologies, and tools to perform effective front-end project planning before establishing a performance baseline (PB) at Critical Decision (CD)-2. This includes a discussion of tools to include in the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) to assess whether the IPT has developed key elements critical to a mature project scope definition. Within this guide, the acronym PDRI will be used generically for all tools, whether CII PDRI for Industrial Projects version 5.1 which incorporates the PDRI Maturity and Accuracy Total Rating System (PDRI MATRS), or DOE developed tools based on PDRI. | 9/27/2023 |
| DOE G 413.3-13 | Acquisition Strategy for Capital Asset Projects | This guide serves as a tool for federal project directors (FPDs) and the Integrated Project Team (IPT) for developing a project acquisition strategy document. The DOE O 413.3A requires the development and approval of the acquisition strategy for projects with total project cost (TPC) of $20M or greater, as part of the Critical Decision-1 (CD-1), Approve L | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-15A | Project Execution Plans | The scope of this guide includes basic aspects of the development and maintenance of the plan for projects of any size and complexity for the benefit of the federal project director, who is approved by the acquisition executive, and incorporates contractor input as appropriate. Integrated project teams, program managers (if applicable), program offices, acquisition executives, and contractor project managers can also benefit from the suggestions in this guide | 9/14/2018 |
| DOE G 413.3-16A | Project Transition/Closeout (CD-4) | This Guide is developed to provide processes and information for project Closeout. It is based on the principles and requirements taken from DOE O 413.3B. This Guide addresses project transition to operations, lessons learned, physical closeout, and financial closeout. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-17 | Mission Need Statement | This Guide provides authors of mission need statements, as identified in DOE O 413.3A, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets, dated 7-28-06 with suggested content, definitions, and examples for writing a clear statement to support an acquisition executive's decision to initiate exploration of options to fulfill a capability gap, which may include a capital asset acquisition. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-18A | Integrated Project Team Guide for Formation and Implementation | The guide provides detailed guidance of the preferred processes to form and implement an Integrated Project Team (IPT) in support of proper project execution as prescribed in DOE O 413.3B. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-19, Chg 2 | Staffing Guide for Project Management | This Guide provides an approach to determining the appropriate level and type of federal personnel needed to effectively plan, direct, and oversee project execution. | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-20 | Change Control Management | The Guide provides a suggested approach and uniform guidance for managing project and contract changes through applying the requirements of DOE O 413.3B | 10/22/2015 |
| DOE G 413.3-21A | Cost Estimating Guide (less rolling in sections from and cancelling DOE G 430.1-1) | This Guide provides uniform guidance and best practices that describe the methods and procedures that could be used in all programs and projects at DOE for preparing cost estimates. | 6/6/2018 |
| DOE G 413.3-22 | Analysis of Alternatives Guide | This Guide assists individuals and teams in conducting Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for capital asset projects and programs consistent with published Government Accountability Office (GAO) best practices. The suggested DOE tailored process uses a systems engineering methodology that integrates requirements analysis based on mission need, identification and analysis of alternatives, risk identification and analysis, and concept exploration in order to evolve a cost effective, preferred alternative to meet a mission need. | 6/6/2018 |
| DOE G 413.3-23 | Nuclear Facilities Commissioning | This guide addresses best practices for planning and executing the commissioning of equipment, components, structures, and systems comprising nuclear facilities. The best practices in this guide come from recent lessons learned from nuclear construction projects. The Department of Energy (DOE) has restarted or started up nearly 200 nuclear facilities since 1992. Projects that follow this non-mandatory guidance will have a thorough, carefully planned process for confirming that nuclear facilities conform to design requirements thus increasing the likelihood that they will perform as intended following the introduction of radioactive materials. | 8/30/2019 |
| DOE G 413.3-24 | Planning and Scheduling | This guide assists project teams by outlining project scheduling principles and best practices in planning and executing capital asset projects to meet the requirements of DOE Order (O) 413.3B, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets. | 4/8/2022 |