Marching an Army Acquisition Program Toward Success

Abstract

Negative headlines are rarely balanced with news of successful Army acquisition programs. The Army has hundreds of acquisition programs, many of which are successful. As students at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), we conducted a research project to assess successful Army acquisition programs in order to identify characteristics that led to their success. Our findings can be adopted by other program teams, within the current acquisition construct, to improve their likelihood of success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1016013

Entities

People

  • David W. Grauel
  • Vincent F. Malone
  • William R. Wygal

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Procurement
  • Best Practices
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Defense Industry
  • Governments
  • Leadership
  • Military Acquisition
  • Product Development
  • Program Management
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Universities
  • Utility Aircraft

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • STEM Education