Establishing A Framework For The Oversight Of Major Defense Acquisition Programs A Historical Analysis

Author : Diane I. K. Kuderik
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ISBN 13 : 9781423516392
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Establishing a Framework for the Oversight of Major Defense Acquisition Programs - A Historical Analysis written by Diane I. K. Kuderik and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DoD) has budgeted over $134.5 billion for Fiscal Year 2004 for Acquisition, yet little is written about the personnel responsible for managing and evaluating Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) -- those who perform Acquisition Oversight (AO). The AO process has not been studied in a disciplined manner during its 40-year history. Congress, past Administrations, and the DoD Inspector General have commissioned several studies on the AO Process. Recommendations were considered and implemented such that the process evolved to where it stands today. Over 40 years separate the first iteration with the latest version. Commission reports, countless studies, and historians agree on the need for oversight in military acquisitions; they agree that the system takes too much money, takes too long, and does not perform as well as most would wish; yet they disagree on who should perform oversight. This thesis has three objectives: define, document, and utilize available literature to identify the organizations involved with the process as it evolved to its form today; build models of the AO process with emphasis on the chain of command as it existed in the l950s, l960s, l970s, l980s, and today; and evaluate each model on its ability to accomplish seven goals derived from Clinton's 1994 Process Action Team on AO report. The thesis was limited to the DoD AO Process as it historically existed between the Air Force and the Secretary of Defense, or those serving similar positions. The author reviewed relevant literature to model historical oversight hierarchies. Then expert opinions were gathered from that literature on how well the oversight process models performed. As expected, the oversight process has improved over time, but further improvements are currently being sought. Those seeking improvement would do well to study past processes and learn from their mistakes. (13 tables, 11 figures, 41 refs.)

Author : Gary P. Rousseau
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ISBN 13 : 9781423515937
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of the Cost of Oversight of Major Defense Acquisition Programs Strictly Under the Direction of the Department of Defense 5000 Series of Instructions written by Gary P. Rousseau and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Department of Defense has been caught in a continual cycle of acquisition reform since its inception over two hundred years ago. The goal of acquisition reform has always been to find the perfect balance between the amount of program oversight and the amount of flexibility in which program managers are allowed to manage their programs. The only truth learned throughout this process is that defense acquisition does need oversight and that there is no cookie cutter pattern for oversight that will fit all types of acquisition programs equally well. That being said, the focus of this thesis will be to explore the foundations of oversight for programs following Department of Defense Directive 5000 -- the defense acquisition bible -- and employ Delphi survey techniques to develop an estimate of the actual cost of oversight for defense acquisition programs that are under the guidance of the DoDD 5000. The real value of this research will be to compare the oversight cost estimates for programs under the DoDD 5000 to oversight cost estimates developed using the exact same methodology, but examining programs with different types of oversight. Specifically, space acquisition and communications acquisition have been operating under different oversight formats over the last few years, and the interest is in determining if the changes have made defense acquisition any more efficient and any less costly. (58 tables, 3 figures, 44 refs.)

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Publisher : Defense Acquisition University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management written by and published by Defense Acquisition University. This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This ninth edition of Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management includes revisions to the regulatory framework for Defense systems acquisition management from the December 2008 Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 and includes policy for determining requirements for defense systems from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 3170 series, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System. This publication is designed to be both an introduction to the world of defense systems acquisition management for the newcomer and a summary-level refresher for the practitioner who has been away from the business for a few years. It focuses on Department of Defense-wide management policies and procedures, not on the details of any specific defense system."--Publisher's website.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oversight of Defense Department Acquisitions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book Measuring Performance written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030913918X
Total Pages : 122 pages
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Download or read book Optimizing U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense Review of Air Force Acquisition Programs written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) spends over $300 billion each year to develop, produce, field and sustain weapons systems (the U.S. Air Force over $100 billion per year). DOD and Air Force acquisitions programs often experience large cost overruns and schedule delays leading to a loss in confidence in the defense acquisition system and the people who work in it. Part of the DOD and Air Force response to these problems has been to increase the number of program and technical reviews that acquisition programs must undergo. This book looks specifically at the reviews that U.S. Air Force acquisition programs are required to undergo and poses a key question: Can changes in the number, content, or sequence of reviews help Air Force program managers more successfully execute their programs? This book concludes that, unless they do it better than they are now, Air Force and DOD attempts to address poor acquisition program performance with additional reviews will fail. This book makes five recommendations that together form a gold standard for conduct of reviews and if implemented and rigorously managed by Air Force and DOD acquisition executives can increase review effectiveness and efficiency. The bottom line is to help program managers successfully execute their programs.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
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Download or read book Establishing a Foundation to Capture the Cost of Oversight for a Major Defense Program Within the Information Technology (IT) Acquisition Community written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970 the Department of Defense introduced the Department of Defense Directive 5000 (DoD 5000) to standardize the acquisition process. The directive created oversight forums to ensure the policies and procedures created were followed, to track program progress, and to identify programs in trouble. Although oversight was essentially created to help reduce the cost of acquisitions, there is reason to believe that it may increase the costs. However, because only been a few studies have been conducted to estimate the cost of oversight, no one knows how much "oversight" actually costs individual programs. Numerous oversight processes are being used today, but there is no research showing that one process is any different from another. Also, there have not been any studies to determine the cost drivers for oversight. This thesis will provide a foundation and potential cost savings recommendations that would benefit the Department of Defense in most of the acquisition programs it monitors. An estimated cost of oversight will be calculated for programs following three different oversight processes using the Delphi Methodology. The estimates will be compared to determine if there are any statistical differences between them. A future track for the next generation of oversight processes will develop from the recommendations. (50 tables, 4 figures, 42 refs.)

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160876219
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Providing the Means of War written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book A Formula for Action written by United States. President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Review of Major Defense Acquisition Reform Initiatives written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: