An Assessment of Options for Strengthening DoD's Digital Engineering Workforce (Revised)

Abstract

The IDA team addressed a Congressional requirement to document the costs and benefits of options for strengthening the DoD digital engineering (DE) workforce. Our analysis covered a broad range of DE skills, as defined by Congress, in both the military and civilian workforces. The IDA team surveyed previous and ongoing initiatives and proposals to improve the workforce and organized these efforts into four areas: (1) necessary enabling measures (establishment of requirements, metrics, resources, and organizations); (2) pipeline programs for new talent; (3) education and training programs; and (4) programs and structures for managing careers, competencies, and compensation. We then selected 24 candidate initiatives for in-depth analysis of their effectiveness, risk, and costs. Our assessment identifies promising building blocks for a DE workforce improvement strategy and describes the steps for creating a cost-effective DE workforce program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1163160

Entities

People

  • Cheryl D. Green
  • David M. Tate
  • David R. Graham
  • Gregory A. Davis
  • Maggie X. Li
  • Peter K. Levine

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Analysis
  • Distance Learning
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Administration
  • Software Development
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management