Government*Horizons Inc. Training Series™

Improve The Quality of Your Program's Exhibit 300 Business Case Workshop

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2-hour Question-by-Question Form Review followed by a 4-hour working session with nuggets of insight, answers and support from an OMB-Examiner-Level Subject Matter Expert III as you work on your business case

May 29, 2008
Arlington, VA

"Janelle Hill offers superb clarity & background for real drivers in Government for years to come." - Judson Johnson, Director, Business Development, Northrop Grumman IT
“I highly recommend this training to anyone who works with the Exhibits 300. Mrs. Hill is very knowledgeable on this subject.” - Mr. Brian Simpkins, Senior Project Manager, CA

Registration: 9:45 AM
Program Starts: 10:00 AM
Wrap-up: 4:00 PM

Course materials, continental breakfast (coffee and pastries) and refreshments included.

This course is recommended for 8 CLPs towards FAC-C, FAC-P/PM and FAC-COTR certification maintenance. Students will receive a Government*Horizons certificate of completion.

"During fiscal 2005 budget reviews in February, OMB put 621 projects with budgets totaling $22 billion on the at-risk list for missing at least one of three major requirements: IT security, a qualified full-time project manager and defined performance measures." Government Computer News, Jason Miller, on OMB & GAO. To read the article, please visit: http://www.gcn.com/print/23_31/27708-1.html

About This Workshop:

This Workshop is designed to get you out of the office and those pesky distractions and help you fully devote your attention to your Program's business case (Exhibit 300). During this one-day workshop, our Subject Matter Expert will review the OMB Exhibit 300 form from the OMB Circular A-11 Part 7 question-by-question and briefly discuss what the OMB Exhibit 300 business case is and how it's central to all things you want to succeed in doing - and how to write to that in your document. The focus will be on compliant reporting and understanding an OMB examiner's approach to evaluating for compliance and risk-mitigated program management efforts. Two hours will be spent on the document review. Four hours will be devoted to students working on their business case, with the Expert on site to assist with questions, concerns, "what if's" and "how do I..." approaches.

This workshop will give you access to question and leverage a subject matter expert's secrets, tools, tips and exposure to Capital Planning and to the OMB Exhibit 300 form. Recommended Requirement: Capital Planning & Investment Control Management Boot Camp.

This workshop is designed to create an environment where the student can focus on completing actual work product with access to an Expert for the day.

GAO recently reported in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Agencies Need to Improve the Accuracy and Reliability of Investment Information:

Underlying support was often inadequate for information provided in the exhibit 300s reviewed. Three general types of weaknesses were evident:

• All exhibit 300s had documentation weaknesses. Documentation either did not exist or did not fully agree with specific areas of the exhibit 300. For example, both these problems occurred in relation to calculations of financial benefits for most investments. In addition, for 23 of the 29 investments, information on performance goals and measures was not supported by explanations of how agencies had initially measured their baseline levels of performance (from which they determine progress) or how they determined the actual progress reported in the exhibit 300.

• Agencies did not always demonstrate that they complied with federal or departmental requirements or policies with regard to management and reporting processes. For example, 21 investments were required to use a specific management system as the basis for the cost, schedule, and performance information in the exhibit 300, but only 6 did so following OMB-required standards. Also, none had cost analyses that fully complied with OMB requirements for cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses. In contrast, most investments did demonstrate compliance with information security planning and training requirements.

• In sections that required actual cost data, these data were unreliable because they were not derived from cost-accounting systems with adequate controls. In the absence of such systems, agencies generally derived cost information from ad hoc processes. See report: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06250.pdf.

For copies of the policy guidance see the OMB web site at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/workforce/fed_acq_cert_042507.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/acq_wk/fac_contracting_program.pdf

For the requirements for the DAWIA certification levels go to page 109 in the course catalog on the Defense Acquisition University Web site at:

http://www.dau.mil/catalog/Course_Description_2007/DAU_2007_Catalog.pdf

What other attendees have said about this training:

“Excellent knowledge of the Capital Planning Process and the Exhibit 300.”
“Instructor took the time after class to review a business case with me to help me understand it better.”
“This instructor is engaging and has excellent eye contact with the students, she made the material easy to understand and made the concepts easy to grasp."
"The Instructor allowed discussion in the class and did not dictate material from slides, I preferred this style of teaching to the typical death by PowerPoint."

Who Should Attend:

Those individuals who will gain the most benefit from this course are those who are presently working on an Exhibit 300 business case and need or want assistance when hiring an Expert for help may not be available.

Attendance is highly encouraged for those affiliated with failing business cases, business cases requiring improvement plans, programs with funding at-risk, and programs on the OMB Watch List. Attendance is also highly encouraged for Programs facing Multi-Agency Collaboration requirements. These individuals may elect to bring their existing business case(s) to the session so the targeted information in specific areas may be used for reference purpose.

A new government report recommends contract training to achieve better federal contracting results. Click here to download the Managing the Government’s Technical Experts to Achieve Positive Contract Outcomes report by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board dated December 2005.

Course Outline:

To be announced

About Your Instructor:

Janelle Hill
President and Lead Consultant
Federal Concierge LLC

Mrs. Hill is presently President and Lead Consultant of Federal Concierge LLC, a consulting provider supporting a variety of project and program needs to businesses, contractors and the federal government. Mrs. Hill offers more than ten years' comprehensive experience conducting business with and for the government. Mrs. Hill has contacts within the government, having worked with nearly every branch of the government and Department of Defense. Through Federal Concierge LLC, its alliances and clients, Mrs. Hill serves as a Federal Concierge; an advisor and consultant in the arenas of marketing, business development and sales in the government. Mrs. Hill works for Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program Management Offices (PMOs) directing and supporting senior management with their portfolio management and capital planning investment initiatives. Mrs. Hill has written extensively; producing white papers, all facets of proposal support, technical requirements, Capital Asset business case justifications, Capital Portfolio Investment Control documents and a variety of governance documentation products for Congressional review. Mrs. Hill periodically trains in all areas of her subject matter expertise, particularly in Government Sales and Business Development and within the scope of the OMB Exhibit 300 Capital planning processes.

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