Developing the Implementation Plan

DOE-HDBK-3012-96

DEVELOPING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Ensure the objectives and criteria clearly encompass all aspects of the Core Objectives

required in the approved Plan of Action (POA). Generally, this will be all core objectives in

an ORR and some subset of the total for an RA. The ORR standard breaks the twenty

Core Requirements into 36 objectives which translate easily into functional areas.

Experience has shown this methodology to be successful. Additionally, the "geographic"

scope of the ORR/RA must be considered. The POA should specify the bounds of the

facility, systems, and personnel involved in the activity under review and the approaches for

the objectives and criteria should reflect these boundaries.

Confirm that the criteria review and approach documents (CRADs) are written with a

clear understanding of the facility systems and processes under review. A generic CRAD

should be tailored during the pre-visit to successfully complete a through and critical

review.

Without this understanding and modification of the CRADs, the review effort will suffer.

Fully involve the team early in the process for training and implementation plan

development. Early dialogue with the facility to gain understanding of the activity in

progress and the contractor activities in progress is particularly useful. The implementation

plan used by the contractor and DOE should parallel in numerous

respects.

Give the POA and the Implementation Plan to oversight groups (EH, DNFSB, State

Agencies as required) as soon as possible. Early review and input from all stakeholders will

reduce last minute perturbations.

Determine the "mode" of the facility in reference to Standards Requirements Information

Documents (S/RIDs), Necessary and Sufficient, Rule-making, the DOE Order system and

other initiatives related to order compliance. Conduct the review appropriately with respect

to the mechanism selected by the facility. DOE O 425.1 requires a statement of order

compliance with respect to DOE Orders or S/RIDs. Statements to this effect should be

included in the final report in addition to the overall evaluation of the compliance posture

required.

DEFINING THE SCOPE AND GRADED APPROACH

Define the scope of the DOE ORR consistent with that of the contractor ORR.

Differences between the two result in difficulties in performing the DOE ORR. DOE O

425.1 provides a structure for such consistency. Differences will occur in the evaluation of the

core requirements specifically related to DOE management, which are necessarily absent from the

contractor review.