Tailoring and Critical Thinking - Key Principles for Acquisition Success

Abstract

Based on recent Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition guidance, programs now have the opportunity to approach acquisition program management in ways previously viewed as nontraditional. Unfortunately, many programs are hesitant to veer too far from accepted routines, thereby not taking advantage of opportunities to explore new acquisition approaches. In one partnership between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Navy, however, such opportunities have been fully embraced and may provide future programs with touchstones on how to increase program cost-effectiveness and efficiency as well as program success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1016075

Entities

People

  • Jesse Stewart
  • Michael Paul
  • Mike Kotzian

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Guidance
  • Military Acquisition
  • Personnel Management
  • Program Management
  • Risk Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Universities
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology