4.3. Programmatic Recovery Cause Descriptions

Each assertion listed in the Programmatic Recovery Checklist, shown in Table 4-1, is supported by a Cause Description. In the case of the Programmatic Recovery Checklist, the support is to broaden and deepen the understanding of the assertion and to provide a recovery from the issue raised by your answer to the assertion. Following are explanations of the assertions found in the Programmatic Recovery Checklist.

1 STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

1a (NO) The SOW was not properly defined

When an SOW is not properly defined, it can, and probably will, affect the budget, the schedule, and the quality of the product. But you need to be careful in claiming that the SOW is not properly written—it could be that you ...

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