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Skeletal structure of PERT and CPA computer programs
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In recent years, the penalty costs involved in project failures have become a serious issue for the Public Administration budget. The reason of such escalation in contract management costs is twofold: first, the increased application complexity demands for systems with an underlying evolutionary technology; on the other side, the administrative procedures inertia fails to guarantee a sufficient preliminary investigation to design projects. The contract management mechanism adopted in the Public Administration is stiff and subject to strict procedures with bounded requirements. However, the effectiveness of such procedures limits to the extent of preliminary analysis by setting the rules for the competition notice. Very little control is left to the refinement of technical aspects after a tender for contracts has been entrusted. In order to respond to the increased complexity of today computing applications, we propose the introduction of an assessment procedure, which spans the project life cycle, as whole: from the very beginning, to the administrative inquiry, up to the official testing.