DI-SESS-82482
Test Equipment Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)
Documents the status of the contractor's effort toward achieving contract objectives, identifying accomplishments and difficulties, and comparing status to planned goals and resources for use by the Government in monitoring and evaluating contractor performance.
Approval DateApril 22, 2025
AMSC NumberN10551
Preparing ActivityAS
Project NumberSESS-2025-019
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DTIC ApplicableNo
GIDEP ApplicableNo
Limitation—
Applicable Forms—
Approval Limitation—
Form Version—
DID Formatfree_text
963C CompliantYes
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Application & Interrelationship
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Use & Relationship
The Test Equipment Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) documents the status of the contractor effort towards achieving contract objectives. It identifies accomplishments to date and difficulties encountered, and compares the status achieved to planned goals and the resources expended. It is used by the Government to monitor and evaluate contractor performance.
This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content and intended use information for the data deliverable resulting from the work task described in the contract.
Preparation Instructions
2FormatThe POA&M shall be in contractor's format. The report shall be a readable/editable version in Microsoft Project and a separate electronic copy in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). The report's narrative shall be submitted as a PDF.
3ContentThe POA&M shall contain the following:
3.1Discrete tasks/activities(including planning packages where applicable) from contract award to the completion of the contract.
3.2Integrated, logical network-based schedulethat correlates to contract requirements.
3.3Vertically and horizontally traceableto the cost/schedule reporting instrument used to address variances.
3.4A numbering systemthat provides traceability to the Statement of Work, where applicable.
3.5Contractual milestones and descriptionsand display summary, intermediate, and detailed schedules, and periodic analysis of progress to date.
3.6Monthly analysis of schedule progress to dateand shall include changes to schedule assumptions, variances to the baseline schedule, causes for the variances, potential impacts, and recommended corrective actions to minimize schedule delays. The analysis shall also identify potential problems and an assessment of the critical path and near-critical paths.
3.7A written narrative detailing
3.7.1Work that has been accomplished since the last POA&M update
3.7.2Known risks and mitigation plans
3.7.3Any existing or new concerns
3.7.4Any work that needs to be accomplished by the GovernmentDescribe, in detail, risk/consequences of work not being performed. Detail when the described work needs to be completed by.
3.7.5Any/All DelaysDetail the cause, length, risk, and remedy plan.
3.7.6Describe, in detail, all changes to the POA&M and reason/rationale
3.7.7Any contractual concerns
Schema v3.0Community-maintained · Verify against ASSIST 