Whether you are an old pro in the scheduling industry or you want to gain a better understanding of scheduling, we believe our comprehensive list of scheduling reference documents will be a valuable resource:

General Scheduling Guidance

Reference Document	Description
ANSI / EIA 748A, Earned Value Management Systems, 19 May 1998	General discussion of program schedules. Lists the requirement for all levels of schedules to be integrated. Discusses the timing of detailed planning vice planning packages.
PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling, 2007	Defines a schedule development process. Contains guidelines for granularity. Defines schedule maintenance process. Detailed list of schedule components. Comprehensive list of scheduling terms and definitions.
DMSC Scheduling Guide for Program Managers, Oct 2001	General primer on scheduling in DoD environment written for Program Managers. Discusses schedule types, levels of schedules, and scheduling theory. Emphasizes tying risk to schedule. Discusses resource constrained scheduling and schedule crashing. Discusses production scheduling and line of balance.
Bowman Interpretive Guide, Air Force Institute of Technology, September 1991	Discusses organizing, planning, budgeting, accounting, analyzing, and revising schedules.
ASC Comptroller Handbook, August 1999	Defines schedule concepts, formats, and displays. Details how to develop, manage, and evaluate schedules. Details how to conduct a schedule risk assessment. Discusses software and automation considerations. Discusses how to identify and evaluate programmatic risk. Discusses source selection, cost and schedule data center, and schedule training courses.
DAU Gold Card, September 2010	Tip sheet containing key scheduling concepts, acronyms, definitions, formulas, and other information.

IMS Specific Scheduling Guidance

Reference Document	Description
Air Force Instruction 63-101, 20 July 2010	Establishes requirement for an IMS to be maintained by the government PM and contain the supplier's IMS. Requires Government PM to perform recurring analysis of contractor schedules. Discusses System Engineering detail required in IMS.
DCMA Integrated Master Schedule Assessment Guide, Rev 7, 11 Dec 2009	Provides 15 or more mechanical checks on the wellness of an IMS. Provides two pages of general guidance for IMS. Identifies key checks that will be performed by DCMA during reviews.
Defense Acquisition Guidebook, 5 August 2010	Requires Acquisition Strategy to include highlights from IMS. Emphasizes that IMS should be event based. Requires configuration control of the IMS as part of technical baseline configuration control. Requires integration of SEP and IMS. Requires WBS as predecessor to IMS development. Recommends cross-reference of CTP and TPM in IMS.
Defense Acquisition Program Support Methodology, 9 Jan 2009	Stresses early industry involvement in program schedule development. Emphasizes risk handling activities be included in IMS. Discusses schedule reserve or schedule margin. Contains IMS attribute list and IMS relationship to EVMS chart. Provides focus questions for IMS evaluation.
Depicting Schedule Margin in Integrated Master Schedules, May 2009	NDIA white paper on techniques to depict schedule margin in IMS.
DI-MGMT-81650, Integrated Master Schedule, 30 May 2005	The DID required to be placed on EVMS applicable contracts. Identifies requirement for performance measurement and SRA.
DoD Defense Acquisition Guidebook, 5 May 2010	Emphasizes preparation of WBS prior to IMS development. Recommends CTP and TPM be included in IMS. Recommends quality activities be included in IMS.
DoD Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule Preparation and Use Guide, 21 Oct 2005	Provides guidance to government for IMS language in RFP. Recommends duplicating the PE, SA, and AC from the IMP into the IMS. Contains generic steps for IMS preparation. Contains discussion of SRA. Contains procedures to evaluate IMS submitted with proposal.
DoD Earned Value Management Implementation Guide, October 2006	Contains tailoring guidance for IMS CDRL. Recommends contract have procedures and timeline for rolling-wave planning. Discusses OTS.
GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide, March 2009	Stresses the importance of WBS in IMS development. Recommends WBS be outline for IMS.
Navy CEVM Analysis Toolkit, Aug 2008	Contains steps for IMS analysis. Contains NAVAIR 11 Point Program Schedule Assessment Methodology. Contains NAVAIR SRA process.
NASA Schedule Management Handbook, January 2010	Recommends schedule management plan for each project. Contains best practices for scheduling. Lists project documentation needed to build an IMS. Contains detailed procedures for resource loaded schedules. Contains schedule health metrics. Contains Joint Confidence Level techniques.
NDIA PMS EVMS Intent Guide, June 2009	Shows attributes of IMS. Shows objective evidence of IMS complying with EVMS guidelines. Shows the contribution of the IMS to multiple EVMS guidelines.
Prime Contractor’s EVMS Description Documents	Addresses preparation of IMS to establish baseline. Addresses schedule maintenance. Addresses baseline change procedures.
Prime Contractor’s Scheduling Guidelines & Handbooks	Contractors often have separate scheduling document to standardize their scheduling practices. Contractors may have program unique scheduling instructions where the contract or unusual situations establish more rigorous requirements than in the EVMS Description or contractor scheduling practices.
DI-MGMT-81466, Contract Performance Report (CPR), 7 Mar 2005	Identifies format and required content for CPR Formats 1-5 (WBS, OBS, Baseline, Staffing, Explanations and Problem Analyses).
DI-MGMT-81468, Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR), 19 Oct 1995	The DID required to be placed on contracts over 6 months in duration. Identifies requirement for supplying funding data about defense contracts to Program Managers.
DCMA Interpretive Guide (DIG), August 2008	Provides guidance relative to assessing supplier compliance with the 32 ANSI/EIA-748 EVMS guidelines. Breaks down the 32 ANSI/EIA-748 EVMS guidelines into easy to understand language. Provides processes by guideline to conduct traces among various EVMS components and documents to verify compliance.
OSD (AT&L), DAES Review Trip Wires, 7 Nov 2006	Gives background on DAES Trip Wires Initiative. Details trip wire metrics such as BEI, CPLI, SPI, CPI, TCPI, PMB Revisions, and Contract Mods.
DAU White Card, April 2008	Tip sheet containing a NDIA/ANSI guideline matrix relating them to the organizing, scheduling, work / budget authorization, accounting, indirect management, managerial analysis, change incorporation, material management, and subcontract management processes.
NAVAIR IMS Guidebook, February 2010	Discusses basic IMS principles, IMS planning, building and managing to an IMS, best practices, metrics, IMS-related training, and contract considerations. Contains an IMS FAQ.