Chapter 3 Auditor-General’s Review
Conduct and scope
3.1
The ANAO’s assurance review of the 2009-10 MPR was undertaken as an
audit by arrangement with the DMO pursuant to subsection 20(1)(c) of the Auditor-General
Act 1997 (Cwlth). The assurance review is additional to the ANAO’s regular
performance and financial audits of the Defence portfolio.
3.2
Under a section 20 agreement, the ANAO ‘conducts an assurance review of
all projects included in the MPR, in accordance with the Auditor-General’s
Independent Review Report’s scope, criteria and methodology.’ The ANAO
determines its review methodology in formulating an opinion.[1]
3.3
The audit was performed in accordance with Australian Standard on
Assurance Engagements 3000[2] and provides for a lesser
level assurance than a typical performance audit on an individual defence
project in regard to:
- ‘the nature and
scope of project issues covered, and
- the extent to which
evidence is required by the ANAO.’[3]
3.4
When assessing information contained in the PDSS, the ANAO examines the
project performance taking into consideration: ‘budgeted cost, schedule and
progress towards delivering the planned capability.’[4]
3.5
In addition to assessing the PDSS, the ANAO’s assurance review also
examined the longitudinal analysis of projects over time and ‘further insights
by the DMO on issues highlighted during the year’.[5]
3.6
The assurance review did not include ‘review of PDSS data on the
achievement of future dates or events’ including Measures of Effectiveness, and
major risks and issues.[6] In regard to the
exclusion of these items the ANAO stated:
By its nature, this information relates to events and depends
on circumstances that have not yet occurred or may not occur, or have occurred
but have not yet been identified. Accordingly, the conclusion of this review
does not provide any assurance in relation to this information.[7]
Formal audit opinion
Audit qualification
3.7
The assurance review found (apart from the qualifications made in regard
to expenditure in base date dollars and contract price in base date dollars),
that the PDSS had been prepared ‘in all material aspects, in accordance with’
PDSS Guidelines.[8]
3.8
Specifically, qualifications were provided for the ‘non inclusion of
project expenditure history expressed in base date dollars for 19 major projects
and the prime contract price in base date dollars for four major projects.’[9]
Similar conditions for audit qualification were also provided for the two
previous MPRs of 2007-08 and 2008-09.
3.9
The 2009-10 MPR defines base date dollars as ‘the amount adjusted for
the impact of inflation (prices) and foreign exchange movement over the period
from a specified date.’[10]
3.10
The 2009-10 MPR further states that recording prices in base date
dollars allows for the cost of a project to be compared (in like terms) to the
actual expenditure over time. In addition, the financial tables in the PDSS
‘adjust for real variations to budgeted costs, which involve:
- changes in the
quantities of equipment or capability;
- transfers to the
Defence Support Group to fund the acquisition of facilities and transfers for
other projects; and
- budgetary adjustments
such as the impact of efficiency dividends.’[11]
3.11
In regard to expressing expenditure data in base date dollars in the
PDSS the ANAO stated this method of reporting demonstrates expenditure
performance against the initial approved budget at the second pass approval
stage (or when the Government commits to the particular acquisitions). The ANAO
explained:
The provision of information in terms of base date dollars is
one way of demonstrating DMO’s expenditure performance against the originally
approved budget at second pass approval, which, broadly speaking is the stage
when Government commits to the particular acquisitions.[12]
3.12
The ANAO also stated that reporting on projects’ using base date dollars
simplifies the assessments that can be undertaken on the information and
clarifies information so that it can be readily understood by the reader.
Importantly, expressing expenditure and price data in base date dollars (or
also possibly using the different method of out-turned dollars) allows for
comparison of the initial approvals to the final outcome in a constant manner.[13]
The ANAO stated:
The analysis we are able to do when we have base date dollars
or out-turned dollars so that we can actually compare the information from
second pass approval right through to final expenditure, is something that I
think is of assistance to us in our analysis. It would tell us whether a
project has come inside the budget and whether it would realise a surplus or whether
there would be a deficit at the end of the project. I think it adds information
for the reader because it comes back to the notion of whether you got ten
planes for $10 billion and it simplifies the assessments that you can do on the
information. ... DMO are currently looking at the usefulness of putting
out-turn dollars there and I think that both are aimed at doing the same thing,
which would be allowing you to compare the initial approvals to the final
outcome in a constant manner.
3.13
In an effort to address the issues associated with a qualified audit
conclusion for the 2008-09 MPR in relation to not recording expenditure in base
date dollars, the DMO proposed to use Assets Under Construction (AUC) data
instead. The previous committee was aware of the DMO’s proposed approach.
However, the DMO was not able to implement this approach (through inclusion of
AUC data) in the 2009-10 MPR.[14]
3.14
In an alternative approach to solving the issues surrounding
qualification of price and expenditure data in regard to base date dollars for
the 2009-10 MPR, the ANAO advised that the DMO is now examining reporting using
out-turned dollars.[15]
3.15
The DMO commented that the ‘out-turned dollar’ reporting approach
represents the future value of the amount expended on a project. The DMO is
testing this approach by applying it to project approval value and determining
to what extent, if any, project approval value may be exceeded. The DMO stated:
... the issue of base date dollar is still the same. Now we
are really talking about it in an out-turning sense. What we mean is the future
value of that dollar—which is when the project is approved by Government as
second-pass. In reality, in future the project approval value—which we are
trying to look at: whether we have exceeded or DMO will exceed that project
approval value—will always be the same figure from today to 10 years in the
future. In other words, it will be in those year dollars from when the project
was approved rather than reverse back to what was done some time ago. I think
we are consistent in our thinking; it is just a different terminology.[16]
3.16
Further, the DMO stated that while the current preference is to use out-turned
dollars for reporting on new projects, this has not always been the case, and
those older projects reported on in the MPR need to be updated using the new
method.[17]
3.17
The approach to report in out-turned dollars is in contrast to the
approach suggested by the DMO during the previous JCPAA Inquiry into financial
reporting and equipment acquisition at the Department of Defence and Defence
Materiel Organisation.[18]
3.18
In evidence provided in 2007 to the previous JCPAA inquiry, the DMO was in
favour of reporting in constant dollars whereby the effects of inflation and
foreign exchange are eliminated. The DMO also noted that out-turned prices were
not very useful in determining whether a project has had a real cost increase
or not over time. The DMO stated:
... the best way to talk about the quality of the project is
to have everything in real dollars-constant dollars. That eliminates the
effects of inflation and foreign exchange, and it stops this non-farm deflator
instrument being used for out-turned prices, which you need to do to get
appropriations but it is a piece of mathematics that is used for appropriation
purposes but is not terribly helpful when we are trying to work out whether a
project has had a real cost increase or not.[19]
3.19
Further, in evidence to a previous JCPAA, the Chief Executive Officer of
the DMO advised that there are legitimate reasons for using different pricing
methods and stated:
I have attempted over the last two years to use real pricing
wherever possible and that is what I have asked my people to use wherever
possible. But there are other bodies with legitimate needs for different types
of pricing. If you are chasing appropriation, you have to use out-turning, so
there are legitimate reasons why you have to use other ones. In all of the work
I have done with media and when I do my business plan reviews, I talk to
industry and so on, I try and use real prices throughout.[20]
3.20
In response to reporting on older projects in base date dollars or out-turned
dollars the ANAO acknowledged that it would require additional time to
investigate this approach and suggested that it could be implemented for the
2011-12 MPR.[21]
3.21
The ANAO stated that reporting using out-turned dollars for older
projects such as for the Guided Missile Frigate Upgrade Implementation or FFG
may not be feasible, but that it would be possible for all new projects
included in the MPR.[22] The DMO and the ANAO
advised that they would work together to provide the committee with a list of
projects included in the MPR that are able to be reported on using out-turned
dollars.[23]
3.22
In an effort to allow for differentiation between the two reporting
approaches and clarification on the effect of the accounting standard change,
the DMO stated that it would be in the public interest to report the old and
the new methods in comparison tables in the MPR. The DMO stated:
... it would be of interest to the public also that in the
year that we do make a change—which might be next year or the year after—we
will compute the data by both methods, the old method and the new method, and
have the tables next to each other, so that everyone always understands the
effect of the accounting standard change, if you like, compared with the real
thing going on in life. I think we need to measure it both ways for one year,
so you can differentiate the two effects.[24]
3.23
In regard to timing of the assessment on reporting on out-turned
dollars, the ANAO advised that the DMO and the ANAO would work together to
provide the committee with a ‘comprehensive proposal for transition to a new
arrangement and [ANAO’s] subsequent review’ by August 2011. This would allow
for alignment with the process for project selection for the 2011-12 MPR.[25]
3.24
The DMO and ANAO consequently provided the committee with Guidelines for
the development of the PDSS for the 2010-11 MPR. This included a list of 11
projects which will be reported on in base date dollars and current dollars for
expenditure, with the remaining 17 projects disclosing only current dollars
expenditure.[26] These 11 projects are:
- Airborne Early
Warning and Control Aircraft – AIR 5077 Ph 3
- Multi-Role
Helicopter – AIR 9000 Ph 2, 4 & 6
- Amphibious Deployment
and Sustainment – JP 2048 Ph 4A/B
- Armed Reconnaissance
Helicopter – AIR 87 Ph 2
- Air to Air Refuelling
Capability – AIR 5402
- C-17 Heavy Airlifter
– AIR 8000 Ph 3
- Bushmaster Protected
Mobility Vehicle – LAND 116 Ph 3
- Next Generation Satellite
Program – JP 2008 Ph 4
- Armidale Class Patrol
Boat – SEA 1444 Ph 1
- Anzac Ship Anti-Ship
Missile Defence - SEA 1448 Ph 2A
- Anzac Ship Anti-Ship
Missile Defence – SEA 1448 Ph 2B[27]
Other findings
Projects’ capability performance
Measures of Effectiveness
3.25
At the project acquisition stage, the scope of a project is determined
through a Materiel Acquisition Agreement (MAA) made between the Department of
Defence (Capability Development Group) and the DMO.
3.26
MAAs incorporate a number of Measures of Effectiveness (MOE). MOE ‘are
designed to set out the key capability performance attributes of the system to
be delivered by the DMO.’ Further, MOE represent the expected technical status
of a project once completed and ‘provide insight into a system’s likely
suitability for planned operational release.’[28]
3.27
In regard to specification and focus of MOE, the ANAO found that ‘there
is not a clear underlying consistency in the identification and articulation of
MOE in the MAAs.’ The ANAO made a similar
finding in regard to MOE in the 2008-09 MPR.
3.28
As MOE data relates to forecasting future achievements it is excluded
from the scope of the ANAO’s formal review. However, this data is provided by
DMO to the ANAO so that the accuracy of MOE data included in the PDSS can be
assessed.[30]
3.29
In line with the confidentiality requirements, associated with national
security data for projects, only the status of the ‘assessment of the
likelihood of delivering the required MOE is contained in the 2009-10 MPR and
earlier reports.’ This assessment is presented through a traffic light analysis
whereby:
- Green represents a
high level of confidence for the delivery of a project.
- Amber represents
projects which may be under threat, but are still considered manageable.
- Red represents
projects which are unlikely to be met at this stage.[31]
3.30
The ANAO stated that the MOE provided in regard to the information
contained in the 2009-10 MPR PDSS allows for broad trends to be identified and
examined in regard to project delivery and capability performance. The ANAO
stated:
While a multi-year comparison of capability performance needs
to be treated with caution due to year-to-year changes in the bases of the
data, this third MPR provides the opportunity to start to examine broad trends
in the DMO’s assessment of the likelihood of projects delivering the required
capabilities over time. This comparison can be done through examining this
year’s PDSS and data reported by the DMO in its part of the MPRs for 2007-08
and 2008-09.[32]
3.31
Using the current MOE, the ANAO identified five projects which may be
classified as under threat and one which at this stage is unlikely to be met.[33]
3.32
The DMO advised that it is unlikely that MOE will be reported on in
their current form in the 2010-11 MPR.[34]
3.33
The 2010-11 MPR Guidelines provide that the previous section 3.5
Measures of Effectiveness is moved to section 4.1 and has been revised so that
the:
Capability pie chart and associated narratives will provide a
percentage breakdown of the FMR Milestones and Completion Criteria, as
identified in the respective MAA, prior to ANAO site visit.[35]
Projects’ governance over acquisition processes
3.34
In the 2009-10 MPR, the ANAO reviewed a number of major governance
aspects of projects. These were: Gate Review Assurance Boards, management of
projects of concern, business systems, measures to improve clarity of financial
information in the MPR, identification of projects’ emergent risks, contingency
budgets, the use of Earned Value Management Systems, and skills development.[36]
3.35
Discussion on the issues associated with the financial control framework
for projects and the Gate Review Assurance Boards follows.
Financial control framework for projects
3.36
Examination of the DMO’s acquisition process provides the ANAO with an
understanding of DMO’s operations and design and implementation of the ANAO’s
test program for review. The test program includes ‘the examination of the
DMO’s financial control framework, enterprise risk management arrangements and
a formal assurance mechanism.’[37]
3.37
With the aim of addressing the qualification provided in 2008-09 for the
non disclosure of information in relation to prime contract price and
expenditure in base date dollars, the ANAO reviewed the financial control
framework underpinning DMO’s management of its projects.[38]
3.38
Broadly, the ANAO found that the financial control framework differed
for each of the projects examined. This was because of the ‘wide range of
corporate and project management systems being employed and the varying
financial management policies being adopted by different project offices.’ This
meant that there was inconsistency of information recorded across projects and
that ‘efficiencies could not be gained by adopting a consistent approach to
developing and subsequently reviewing each PDSS.’[39]
3.39
The DMO stated that there is a process of amalgamation under way where
legacy projects are being standardised in terms of current management systems
and that it would be another two to four years before completion of the
process. The DMO stated:
DMO was an amalgamation of the acquisition commands of the
three services and then an amalgamation of the sustainment commands of the
three services, and then the two acquisition sustainment commands got together
to make a further amalgamation. That happened in about 2000. Bashing together
all the systems and making them all identical has been an enormous challenge.
You have to also ask: what do you do with legacy projects? If a project was
started in 1998, do you keep it on the system it started with or do you move it
over to a new system? We could work a lot harder in getting standardisation
across. We have a standardisation office of about 20 people whose sole job it
is to try and bring all the projects into a common standard. But it is long and
arduous work, and it will probably be two, three or four years before we finish
it.[40]
3.40
The ANAO also found that for some projects there were issues of accuracy
and completeness of information ‘in the current DMO systems for reporting on
project status to senior management.’[41] The ANAO provided an
explanation of this finding and stated:
...as we go through an audit or assurance process, we look at
the controls and the structure around the information that we are looking at.
We are talking here about information and reporting that is predominantly
collected manually. Obviously, as we look at an assurance process, at times we
find errors. I could be wrong, but as that information would have gone through
the chain in DMO it would have probably been picked up also, but we are
reflecting that, as the information is provided, there will be errors in it—and
there are a string of [quality assurance] processes and those kinds of things
that need to occur to weed out that kind of error that is introduced through
manual processes.[42]
Gate Review Assurance Boards
3.41
The process of using Gate Review Assurance Boards (GRAB) was examined by
the ANAO as it is a key part of the governance framework of projects.
3.42
The GRAB process was introduced in 2008 in response to recommendations
arising from the Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review or Mortimer
Review.[43]
3.43
The GRAB consists of senior line management, other relevant DMO staff
with key skills sets, and an external independent member. There is a
requirement that a GRAB reviews projects at three specified points or gates at:
First Pass Approval, Second Pass Approval, and contract signature. At a minimum
a project must be cleared by a GRAB at these stages if it is to progress to the
next stage.[44]
3.44
The GRAB cycle provides assurance to the Chief Executive Officer of the
DMO ‘that all the identified risks for a project (cost, schedule,
technical/capability) are manageable.’[45]
3.45
The ANAO reported that in total 20 projects have been subject to a GRAB
review with five of these projects included in the 2009-10 MPR. In regard to
the five 2009-10 MPR projects, the ANAO found that the GRAB Review outcomes
were consistent with the relevant information reported in the MPR.[46]
3.46
The DMO stated that the GRAB process of review provides a check on
project management processes. The DMO stated:
One of the advantages of a Gate review is that it is not
always obvious to a project manager what domain they are working in. When have
you changed it enough that it is an important change or when have you changed
it so that you are really into the area of new design development? One of the
great advantages of the experienced people on the gate review boards is to be
able to highlight some of the risks that the project manager might be getting
into unintentionally—it has grown from it being off-the-shelf, changes have
been introduced as the project has matured and now they are starting to get
into another area. As you can see from that illustration that can have some
quite profound effects on schedule in particular in our case if you are not
seeing the changes. So the boards are doing that and the boards are feeding
back into the project managers’ lessons learned—long-term lessons learned, the
risks of integration, schedule risks and so on.[47]
3.47
The ANAO stated that it would continue to assess the GRAB review process
for potential efficiencies and has sought information from the DMO on
performance measures in relation to the delivery of projects ‘within the agreed
milestones.’[48]
Earned Value Management Systems
3.48
The previous committee requested that through the 2009-10 MPR, the ANAO
cover specific governance areas of projects. This included Earned Value
Management Systems (EVMS) at the project level, ‘the controls over the use of
contingency budgets, and the management of prepayments to contractors.’[49]
3.49
The ANAO provided an explanation of EVMS as:
A method of using actual cost and schedule information to
measure and report project performance, as well as forecast future performance,
and can be used to ensure that project payments do not exceed the value of work
performed.[50]
3.50
In particular, the previous committee was interested in including EVMS
data at the project level as a requirement in the PDSS. As a result, the ANAO
reviewed the extent to which EVMS are being used in projects in the 2009-10
MPR.[51]
3.51
In its response to the previous committee, in relation to the 2007-08
MPR, the DMO stated that it was unable to provide EVMS data ‘for those projects
with contract arrangements that do not have Earned Value Management
requirements’, which includes Foreign Military Sales procurements. In addition,
the DMO was concerned that providing EVMS data for selected projects only would
not meet the objective behind the MPR, which is ‘to have a standardised set of
data across all MPR projects.’[52]
3.52
In the 2009-10 MPR, the DMO reported on the use of EVMS in regard to its
projects and stated that 14 of the 22 MPR projects are currently or have
previously used EVMS ‘as a payment or contract management method.’[53]
3.53
The DMO also reported that while EVMS is commonly used for contracts
valued at $20 million or more, the majority of major capital acquisition
projects use ‘milestone payment options, as this is a more appropriate way of
ensuring the delivery of goods and services as specified in the contract.’[54]
3.54
The ANAO reported that:
Where projects’ contracts and schedules
had been re-base lined, EVMS was no longer linked to contractor payments, and
instead those projects use a milestone-only approach (that is, all payments are
made on the achievement of the agreed milestones).[55]
Concluding comments
Audit qualification
3.55
The Auditor-General through the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) provided
a qualified audit opinion in relation to the 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 Major
Projects Reports (MPRs). Similarly, all three qualified opinions were given in
regard to price and expenditure information not being provided in base date
dollars.
3.56
The committee understands that presenting price and expenditure information
in base date dollars excludes the impact of inflation and foreign exchange
movement on prices and presents dollars in a constant manner. The committee agrees
with the ANAO that using the base date dollar approach facilitates the
understanding of expenditure on projects and so provides clarity in determining
whether a project has met, come under or exceeded its approved budget.
3.57
The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has previously suggested the use
of Assets Under Construction data as a reporting methodology, to address the
qualification received on the 2007-08 MPR. This approach was not able to be
implemented.
3.58
The DMO is currently exploring using out-turned dollars to address the
qualification. Out-turned dollars will present expenditure on project
information for the future value of the project from the year in which the
project was approved.
3.59
The committee notes DMO’s previous stance on the use of constant dollars
to report on projects. This is in line with the approach of using base date
dollars, but in contrast to its preferred current approach and its examination
of the out-turned dollars approach to reporting expenditure on projects. The
committee would like to understand the rationale for the change in preference
for reporting methods for expenditure.
3.60
The committee acknowledges that presenting MPR project information in
out-turned dollars would be possible for new projects entered into the MPR, but
may present a challenge for the DMO in regard to older projects. The DMO has
proposed to present in a comparison table, the expenditure on 11 projects in
both out-turned dollars, base date dollars and current dollars. The committee
supports this approach.
3.61
The committee also notes that a number of the projects included in the
list of eleven are older projects such as the Airborne Early Warning and
Control Aircraft, the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle and the Armidale
Patrol Boat and if they readily lend themselves to being expressed in
out-turned dollars, then it should also be possible for other older projects.
The committee would support this approach for all projects with the exception
of the Guided Missile Frigate Upgrade Implementation which has been ongoing
since 1999 and may present a significant investment in time and resources for
reporting.
3.62
The committee’s preference would be for project expenditure information
to be reported on in a constant manner. This approach would allow for a
constant set of expenditure information to be presented, allowing for ease of
comparison between years, identification of any project concerns and overall
more effective and efficient scrutiny. In turn, improvements in scrutiny would
allow for increased transparency of information and greater ease of monitoring,
leading to policy and practice improvements. In the longer term, the DMO’s
accountability in its project management would also be strengthened.
Measures of Effectiveness
3.63
Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) represent the key capability performance
attributes of the system to be delivered by the DMO. MOE also represent the
expected technical status of a project once completed and provide insight into
a system’s likely suitability for planned operational release.
3.64
The ANAO’s review found that in regard to specification and focus of MOE,
there is not a clear underlying consistency in the identification and
articulation of MOE in the Materiel Acquisition Agreements, which are the scope
documents for major capital acquisition projects.
3.65
The ANAO noted that while MOE data relates to forecasting future
achievements and so is excluded from the scope of the ANAO’s formal review, MOE
data is made available to the ANAO so that the accuracy of MOE data that is
included in the Project Data Summary Sheets (PDSS) can be assessed.
3.66
The DMO advised that it is unlikely that MOE data will be reported on in
its current form in the 2010-11 MPR. The committee did not receive evidence
about the implications of changing the form of MOE data in the 2010-11 MPR and
so is uncertain about how this information will be presented.
3.67
The committee believes that in terms of consistency and in line with the
need to be able to compare data across consecutive MPRs that the form in which
MOE data is presented in the 2010-11 not be changed from how it is presented in
the 2009-10 MPR without firstly undertaking a thorough analysis of any proposed
changes and with subsequent endorsement of the preferred approach by the
committee.
Financial control framework for projects
3.68
The ANAO’s test program for review includes the examination of the DMO’s
financial control framework, enterprise risk management arrangements and a
formal assurance mechanism.
3.69
The DMO stated that it is still in the process of amalgamation in terms
of the management process applied to legacy projects and that it will be
another two to four years before this is completed.
3.70
The committee is interested in the ongoing effects of this amalgamation
on how MPR projects are managed and what impact this will have for meeting
project cost, schedule and capability.
Gate Review Assurance Boards
3.71
The committee supports the principle underlying the Gate Review
Assurance Boards (GRAB) process which is to provide assurance to the Chief
Executive Office of the DMO that all identified risks in regard to cost,
schedule and capability are manageable.
3.72
The ANAO stated that it will continue to assess the GRAB process for
potential efficiencies and has sought relevant information from the DMO to
enable this to occur.
3.73
The committee supports the ANAO’s review of the GRAB process and looks
forward to receiving the results of the ANAO’s analysis.
Earned Value Management Systems
3.74
Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) data is used to monitor the cost
and schedule of projects. In the interest of improving the accountability and
transparency of the management of major projects, the previous committee
requested that EVMS data be included in the PDSS.
3.75
The committee agrees with the previous committee’s request that the DMO
in conjunction with the ANAO develop a standardised graphical representation of
each project’s cost and schedule variance for inclusion in the PDSS.
3.76
The committee understands that it may take time to develop a standard
method for graphical representation of EVMS or milestone data in the PDSS, but since
it has already received the 2010-11 Guidelines, would like to see this format included
in the 2011-12 MPR.
Recommendation 6 |
3.77 |
The committee recommends that the Defence Materiel
Organisation include in the format of a comparison table, for the listed
eleven projects included in the Major Projects Report, columns appearing side
by side showing base date dollars, out-turned dollars and current dollars for
expenditure information. |
Recommendation 7 |
3.78 |
The committee recommends that the Defence Materiel
Organisation present the findings of its examination of the presentation of financial
data on all possible methods for project expenditure information (Eg. Base
date dollars, out-turned dollars and current dollars) to the Joint Committee
of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) as soon as it is completed and no later
than 31 August 2011.
This examination should include a: (1) preferred method, and
(2) comprehensive proposal for transition towards the proposed new
arrangement. In addition, the proposed examination should be reviewed by the
Australian National Audit Office before it is submitted to the JCPAA for consideration
and recommendation prior to inclusion in the MPR. |
Recommendation 8 |
3.79 |
The committee recommends that the way that Measures of
Effectiveness data is presented in the Major Projects Report not be changed
until a thorough analysis outlining the reasons for and implications of the
change has been undertaken and presented to the Joint Committee of Public
Accounts and Audit for consideration and endorsement. |
Recommendation 9 |
3.80 |
The committee recommends, in line with the previous
committee’s recommendation, that the Defence Materiel Organisation in
conjunction with the Australian National Audit Office develop a standardised
graphical representation of each project’s cost and schedule variance for
inclusion in the Project Data Summary Sheets for the 2011-12 Major Projects
Report Guidelines. |
Mr Robert
Oakeshott MP
Chair
29 April 2011