In 2005, the US Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) implemented a collection of schedule assessment conditions known as the 14 Point Assessment. The SSI 14 Point Assessment tool is built to allow Microsoft Project users to audit their schedules against this assessment. Even if a project is not subject to DCMA audits or surveillance, running a self-evaluation of a project using the 14 Point Assessment criteria may inform a project team if deficiencies exist in a schedule that can be corrected for closer alignment with industry standard best practices. A detailed video walk-through of the SSI 14 Point Assessment tool can be viewed here.
