Appendix 2:  Project Maturity Score Attributes

Maturity Score

ATTRIBUTES

Cost

Requirement

Technical Understanding

Schedule

Technical Difficulty

Commercial

Operations and Support

Delivering the Capability (Delivery Performance)

How well are the costs tracking project approval?

How well is the requirement being realised?

Defence's understanding of the technical solution to operate and support the capability?

How is the ISD tracking?

How well is the design and its validation coming along?

What is the Contractor's Management performance and customer relationship

How prepared is the project to deliver an operating system?

10

Proven

Demonstrated

Fully Understood

Achieved

Proven

All Delivered

Operational

9

Contingency Remains

Tested

Transferred

Confident

Tested

Delivered

Transitioning

8

Confident

Designed

Arranged

Acceptable

Integrated

Delivering

Integrated

7

Within Contingency

Acceptable

Needs Understood

In Tolerance

Designed

Manages Risk

Being Procured

6

Negotiated

Contracted

Provided For

Manageable

Planned

As Contracted

Defined

Maturity Score

Defining the Capability (Process Maturity)

What is the quality of the project estimate?

How well have we defined the requirement?

How well do we understand the solutions?

How realistic is the schedule?

How difficult is it to put together?

Can industry deliver the solution?

Impact on the existing operating and support environment?

5

Per Endorsed Capability

Endorsed

Understood

Confirmed

Manageable

Offered

Planned

4

Industry Tested

Documented

Feasible

Understood

Feasible

Industry Proposals

Known

3

Reasonable

Solution Classes

Coalescing

Feasible

Building Blocks

Strategy Developed

Issues Understood

2

Plausible

Scenarios Identified

Patchy

Drivers Known

Conceptual

Possible

Conceivable

1

Speculative

Deficiency Identified

None

Speculative

Unknown

Not yet

Not Identified