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this would cause would make each component’s delivery later than the
contractual date. Addressing the rst component, I worked with the proj-
ect manager using drag, DRED, and true cost metrics, to try to pull in
the testing activity to t into the earliest possible window of availability.
Unfortunately, a two-week activity immediately before testing stood in
the way: “PREPARE TEST FACILITY.”
The program manager and I visited the functional manager respon-
sible for the test preparation, showed him our schedule and how his activ-
ity’s drag, combined with the small availability windows, was going to
make every component late. He shrugged: “I can get preparation done in
two days if you give me enough ...