System-of-Systems Influences on Acquisition Strategy Development

Abstract

An acquisition strategy is a top-level roadmap that focuses on highlighting and managing risks to a successful outcome. Business requirements for supporting work processes require integration across multiple systems, spanning multiple business or organizational units. This operational context incorporates significant new sources of risk, such as a large and diverse user community and increasing uncertainty and complexity, that become key drivers for acquisition strategy development and execution. Some recommendations for addressing these challenges in an acquisition strategy are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 2008
Accession Number
AD1153844

Entities

People

  • Rita Creel
  • Robert J. Ellison

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Complex Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycles
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Reliability
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Software Development
  • Spiral Development
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design