Increasing the confidence in a program is really an exercise in comparing that program to a standard baseline of metrics and tasks. Making this information available to the primary sponsor for a project will give them a deeper level of insight into the purpose of the program and reassure them that, while collecting metrics and reporting is a crucial part of the success of any project, using a standard set of metrics and a previously-agreed-upon activities can put both the performer and funder more at ease throughout the course of the project.

Decision Point offers extensive checklists of activities and metrics templates designed to do just this, allowing you to measure your progress and report it in no uncertain terms at any point in the process.

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Decision Point has defined a set of metrics that attempt to quantify the overall risk to a given project across a wide set of program attributes that include requirements, measures of effectiveness, cost, transition agreement, transition timeline, timeline to next TRL, risk, and Technology Advancement Degree of Difficulty. Knowing where the Project falls in these metrics will give a Project Manager a better understanding of what is needed to move the Project forward.

Each activity checklist will provide the Project Manager a list of items pertaining to Program Management, Technical Management, Software Development, Algorithm/Model Development, Transition Management, MRL Activity, and Validation Activity. By completing these checklists, the Project Manager can gain valuable knowledge about the current status of the project across a variety of categories.