
Analyze how trillions in American jobs plan infrastructure investments move through the federal budget to states and acquisition processes, and identify agencies and firms poised to benefit.
Examine federal project management certifications, including the PMP and portfolio manager credentials, along with Prince2 and MBA-based core competencies, plus Federal Acquisition Institute levels for contractors and personnel.
TechStat emerged to strengthen oversight of federal IT projects, rolling out the twenty-five point plan in December 2010 to reform management and improve project accountability.
Explore how Fed Cybercom defines a tech stat as the link between problem and solution. See how text debt and the IT dashboard drive accountability in federal IT investments.
Define component authorities to oversee at-risk projects, appoint personnel, review investments, facilitate sessions, and track actions, ensuring CTO, CIO, and acquisition involvement and timely access to documentation.
Program managers and business owners hold authority to provide documentation, arrange interviews, and attend sessions, while a named NRC governing body oversees action items and timely corrective actions.
Explore how the IT dashboard and tech stats sessions drive incremental risk management, monthly to semiannual reporting, and decisive action to halt unproductive federal IT investments.
This NRC best-practice uses a Racey chart to map core responsibilities and contractor roles, ensuring line of sight between the integrated project team and the CIO for OMB reporting.
Examine a flow chart mapping a mini work breakdown structure for the text step process flow, covering discovery, analysis, preparation, and text debt facilitation, aligned with the federal OMB directive.
The discovery phase in capital planning identifies major investments via the IT dashboard, flags automatic or potential tech stats candidates, and guides risk management to prevent high risk red ratings.
Identify the documents needed for review through text analysis in the preparation phase, focusing on three main areas: business impact, operation and execution, and technical implementation.
Thank the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, citing federal guidance to illustrate best practices and examples for today’s learning experience.
Explore the role of OMB circulars A-11 and A-130 in budgeting and federal information resources management, with emphasis on annual updates and bipartisan, cross-administration relevance.
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IN THIS PRESENTATION WE DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:
TechStat's Emergence and Definition
TechStat Authorities
Policy & Requirements
How TechStat improves government performance of investments
TechStat 5 Stages of Process, work flow, and examples
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