DOD BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION: Important Management Controls Being Implemented on Major Navy Program, but Improvements Needed in Key Areas

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) has long been challenged in implementing key information technology (IT) management controls on its thousands of business system investments. For this and other reasons, GAO has designated DODs business systems modernization efforts as high-risk. One of the larger business system investments is the Department of the Navy's Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP) program. Initiated in 2003, the program is to standardize the Navy's business processes, such as acquisition and financial management. It is being delivered in increments, the first of which is to cost about $2.4 billion over its useful life and be fully deployed in fiscal year 2013. GAO was asked to determine whether key IT management controls are being implemented on the program. To do this, GAO analyzed, for example, requirements management, economic justification, earned value management, and risk management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1186156

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  • Randolph C. Hite

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Engineered Resilient Systems

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  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Overruns
  • Cost Reductions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Economic Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Program Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Technical Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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