Contact small, medium and large contract programs within your organization.

(a) What analyses were performed on the program?

(b) How were the analyses documented?

(c) How was the analysis task communicated? Did the analysis report describe the objectives and scope of the analysis?

(d) What level of formality—engineering notebook, informal report, or formal report—did technical decision makers levy on the analysis?

(e) Were the analyses conducted without constraints or were they conducted to justify a predetermined decision?

(f ) What challenges or issues did the analysts encounter during the conduct of the analysis?

(g) Based on the program’s lessons learned, what recommendations do they offer as guidance for conducting analyses on future programs?