Federal IT Program Management

We employ a strong risk-management framework.

Our framework reduces risk throughout a project.

We employ the HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) framework to reduce risk in all our projects.

Using a checklist, we conduct one-time and ongoing activities to minimize risk factors, noting them in the Risk Management Log. We regularly review and update the Log, and keep it online for all team members to see—including the customer.

We analyze many risk factors.

At the beginning of a project, we identify and analyze many potential risk factors including:

  • Transparency
  • Governance
  • Oversight
  • Staffing
  • Requirements
  • Stakeholders
  • Schedule
  • Cost

We control risk through a systematic process.

As a project progresses, we minimize risk by proceeding step-by-step:

  1. Planning: integrate risk management activities into the project plan.
  2. Identification: determine which risks might affect the project, and describe them in detail.
  3. Analysis: prioritize risk factors and estimate their effects on project objectives.
  4. Response planning: develop procedures to reduce threats to project objectives.
  5. Monitoring: monitor residual risk and evaluate the effectiveness of risk reduction plans.
Creating the EPLC Framework

When the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration needed to improve its risk management, it put Joseph Reddix on its Enterprise Performance Life Cycle Tiger Team.

He coordinated production of the EPLC Annual Operation Analysis Practice Guide, Checklist and Template, contributing to tangible, observable improvements in DHHS mission performance.

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