2.1 This Major Projects Report (MPR) is the third in the series and the analysis draws out trends for projects included in previous years' reports. The DMO will further develop this longitudinal analysis as it offers the greatest potential for insight into project performance and management improvements.
2.2 Given the small numerical sample size of the major projects (22 projects from 208 or 11% of the total major acquisition projects), care has to be taken in attempting to extrapolate data to the entirety of the acquisition portfolio. This is also because projects, especially Developmental and Australianised Military Off-the-Shelf projects, often have unique aspects relating to their ongoing procurement and development.
2.3 This chapter presents a performance overview of the 2009-10 DMO MPR, including detailed analysis of the three key variables of cost, schedule and DMO support to capability. The analysis commences initially at a higher level, discussing performance of all projects collectively and across the organisation, moving to more specific project analysis, before finally identifying the major challenges for 2010-11.