Section 2: Positioning Program Managers for Success

9.	If you manage multiple programs, please respond based upon the program that you consider most important to the DOD. To what extent did your program's manager at program start have knowledge in the following areas?
	(CHECK ONE IN EACH ROW.)

		Very great extent	Great extent	Moderate extent	Some extent	Little or no extent	Not applicable
	a. Funding
	b. Costs
	c. Technology
	d. System engineering
	e. Schedule

10.	Given the program manager's knowledge at program start to what extent were the parameters -- cost, schedule, performance, funding, objectives, thresholds, etc. -- of the program reasonable?
	(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
	1.		Very great extent
	2.		Great extent
	3.		Moderate extent
	4.		Some extent
	5.		Little or no extent

11.	To what extent does your program use systems engineering -- SE is engineering analysis concerning what your program can achieve given its resources -- to perform the following tasks?
	(CHECK ONE IN EACH ROW.)

		Very great extent	Great extent	Moderate extent	Some extent	Little or no extent	Don't know if SE is used
	a. Match your program's resources to the product requirements
	b. Develop your product design specifications
	c. Generate integrated master plan
	d. Make key program decisions

12.	At the start of milestone B, was the maturity of any of your program's key technologies both below a technology readiness level 7 (TRL 7) and lacking a backup technology?
	(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Not applicable

13.	Do the following organizations help or hinder your program's funding stability?
	(CHECK ONE IN EACH ROW.)

		Greatly helped	Helped	Neither helped nor hindered	Hindered (Please specify in 15.)	Greatly hindered (Please specify in 15.)	Don't know
	a. Lead service
	b. Office of the Secretary of Defense
	c. Congress
	d. Program Executive Officer
	e. Other (Please specify in 14.)

14.	(If you checked "Other" in 13) Please describe in the space below. (Please avoid using acronyms.)

15.	(If you checked "Hindered" or "Greatly hindered" for any of the items in 13) Please describe in the space below. (Please avoid using acronyms.)

16.	To what extent are you comfortable reporting complications (either actual or anticipated) related to attaining cost, schedule, performance, or testing goals to higher commands under the current process?
	(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
	1.		Very great extent
	2.		Great extent
	3.		Moderate extent
	4.		Some extent
	5.		Little or no extent

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Full Report: GAO-06-110

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