1. Integrated Program Management Case Study Briefing
LAR Vehicle Program Contract Status as of [Month/Year]
Observations and Action Plan
Team [A/B/C/D]

2. Overview Selected Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) analysis—two or three charts
Schedule drivers and cost drivers
Management charts—three to five charts
Cost trends
Issues and risks
Summary of program issues and recommended solutions
Focus on qualitative causal analysis in your briefing and consider the story being told (i.e., the why).

3. Discuss what these metrics mean.
Selected EVM Metrics
Cost Performance Index (CPI) =
Schedule Performance Index (SPI) =
Baseline Execution Index (BEI) =
Contract Modifications ($) =
Contract Modifications (%) =
PMB Revisions (%) =
(Performance Measurement Baseline)
Discuss what these metrics mean.

4. IMS Analysis Use two or three charts to show: Schedule health issues
Critical path to the next two milestones (insert critical path schedule)
Slipping tasks with float analysis

5. Technical Performance Status
Current status of Key Performance Parameters (KPPs)
Insert Technical Performance Measurement (TPM) charts, as applicable, that support your “story”.

6. Discuss how you identified these drivers.
Schedule Drivers
[Driver 1]
[Driver 2]
[Driver 3]
Discuss how you identified these drivers.

7. Discuss how you identified these drivers.
Cost Drivers
[Driver 1]
[Driver 2]
[Driver 3]
Discuss how you identified these drivers.

8. Key Management Charts—Chart 1
Select three to five Empower charts that support your “story”.
(Use Empower line charts, not bar or column charts.)
[Chart 1]

9. Key Management Charts—Chart 2

10. Key Management Charts—Chart 3

11. Cost Trends Budget at Completion (BAC) = [Enter BAC]
CPICUM = [Enter CPICUM]
EAC
TCPI
Contractor
Government Low
Government High
Government Most Likely
Estimate at completion (EAC) calculation method = [Enter the performance factor(s) used to calculate most likely EAC]
(HINT: Not EAC based on CPICUM)
Price at completion (PAC) based on most likely EAC =
Is there sufficient funding?

12. Issues and Risks APB Performance Schedule Budget Contract Performance
Refer to your Program Control Book for the latest APB requirements.
Performance
Schedule
Budget
Contract
Refer to the last page of your Program Control Book for the latest contract requirements.
Performance
Schedule
Budget

13. Recommended Solutions
Identify specifically what actions are required by whom and by when for effective program management.
(HINT: Pay attention to the briefings for previous time periods. You may wish to update your brief accordingly.)