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DCMA 14 Check

The Defense Contract Management Agency 14-point schedule-quality assessment, scored against standard thresholds as a pass / fail scorecard.

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The 14 checks

Pass / fail scorecard

All 14 checks scored with per-check metric, target, affected count and a pass/fail badge.

How: overall score = checks passed ÷ applicable checks.

Logic, leads & lags

Activities missing predecessors or successors, or using leads (negative lag) or excessive lags.

How: measured as a share of activities affected.

Relationship types & constraints

Links that are not Finish-to-Start, plus hard and soft date constraints.

How: % of links not Finish-to-Start; counts of constrained activities.

High & negative float

Activities with total float over 44 days, or below 0 days.

How: counted against the standard thresholds.

Duration & invalid dates

Activities over 44 working days, or with actuals beyond the data date.

How: flagged per activity.

CPLI, BEI & missed tasks

Critical-Path Length Index, Baseline Execution Index, and tasks that should have finished by the data date.

How: CPLI and BEI need a baseline.