1.45 The Schedule Compliance Risk Assessment Method (SCRAM), developed by the DMO to foster and encourage schedule performance improvement, has been refined. To date, ten assessments have been undertaken, or are underway, including a review of the AIR 6000 Joint Strike Fighter project.
1.46 SCRAM is based on an ISO 15504 (Assessment Framework Standard) compliant Process Reference and Assessment Model and is a model of schedule management processes and best practices, structured using 'cause and effect' architecture to facilitate identification of root causes of schedule slippage for individual projects164.
1.47 Further development and refinement of the DMO SCRAM Model and the assessment process, including the introduction of SCRAM training courses, a guidebook and software assessment tool, is currently underway.
1.48 The objective is to improve the understanding of program executives, customer and contractor project managers, project schedulers, hardware and system/software engineers, SCRAM assessment team members and educators of the models application to improve schedule compliance.