Program Management

AvMet team members are in direct and daily contact with the programs’ federal employees to provide close-in, tactical support; as well as providing more strategic support in areas such as budgeting, internal communications, and program planning. 

AvMet’s System Engineering Division has provided and/or currently supports various programs including: 

• General program management
• System engineering support
• Business case development 
• Acquisition/Procurement support
• Financial management
• Reviewing technical documentation 
• Generating briefings
• Writing planning documentation (e.g., program plans, capability demonstrations)
• Aviation weather subject expertise

AvMet is supporting the TAIWIN program by conducting a study to quantify the potential economic benefits from changes to operating rules in the terminal area initiated based upon findings from liquid water equivalent (LWE) research and winter weather ground icing research. The team is using in-house modeling and simulation capabilities to estimate the efficiency increases due to the rules changes and their associated monetized benefits. 

Our program management uses proven and repeatable management processes to execute task orders throughout the complete project life cycles, from initiation through closeout. Our project management processes are based on the Program Management Institute (PMI) Program Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) guidelines and have been successfully used on all of our FAA prime and sub contracts, including eFAST, ATEPS, ETASS, and SE2020/2025 contracts. Our structured project management process consistently delivers high quality while maintaining overall cost and schedule objectives. Key steps include: 

•  Structure Description — we size our teams proportionately to the risk and complexity of the various support contracts we perform and to streamline coordination and communication between our customers, stakeholders, and team members and ensure that we meet requirements. 
• Structure Rationale — we use a structure proven to maximize efficient and effective research and working group support programs.
•  Program Organization Implementation — we implement contract-specific components essential to planning, monitoring, and controlling program resources. 
• Program Management Plan — we develop and maintain a PMP based on the PMBOK principles that provide guidance for overall program operations and contains an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), which includes detailed schedule and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) data from each task order.
• Document Management System (DMS) — we implement an organized and easily accessible DMS to manage all key program documents.
• Task Order Management — we apply the above principles to the management of each individual task order within the program.