Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Project Management Performance Measures -- 3 The Benchmarking Process -- 4 Implementation -- A NRC's DOE Project Management Assessment Reports -- B Statement of Task...

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