Project management in the oil shale program

Technical Report · Fri Sep 05 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6495955

A number of project-management issues work found in the DOE shale program which, if addressed and resolved, could lead to improved management of oil shale projects. Findings were: the oil-shale program was using technical project officiers with limited responsibilities rather than more broadly oriented project managers to manage projects; Laramie's limit on contract authority was not sufficiently high to develop experienced project managers; reporting requirements in cooperative oil-shale projects resulted in the transmission of unnecessarily detailed information to Headquarters; number of personnel directly involved in managing oil-shale projects at Laramie may have been inadequate; and the oil-shale program has not gained experience with the DOE's process for major systems acquisitions. Recommendations are given. Comments to the draft report are appended. (PSB)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Inspector General
• OSTI ID: 6495955
• Report Number(s): DOE/IG-123; ON: DE83006321
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040000* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
293000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
294004 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Oil Shales & Tar Sands
AUDITS
CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL
COST
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
LARAMIE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL SHALE INDUSTRY
OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS
PERSONNEL
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS