Factors Influencing the Development of the Air Force Systems Command Program Objective Memorandum.

Abstract

This thesis identifies the formal and informal factors that influence the annual development of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) at the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). The POM is a key element of the DoD Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), and is designed to bridge the gap between fiscally unconstrained military planning activities, and the fiscally constrained DoD budget submission. AFSC and other Air Force major commands (MAJCOMs) prepare POM submissions for Headquarters USAF, where they are used in the development of the USAF POM. A survey, in the form of structured interviews, was conducted at Headquarters AFSC among a sample of POM decision makers. The results indicate a number of factors that influence the POM development to varying degrees. Some of these factors arise as a result of program-related developments outside of AFSC. The predominant factors, in terms of their effects of the AFSC POM, are the program priorities of the using MAJCOMs and Headquarters USAF. The report calls into question the practice of prioritizing certain programs in the AFSC POM submission, based on an apparent duplication of effort at AFSC and Headquarters USAF.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148431

Entities

People

  • M. Welty

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Budgets
  • Command Control Communications
  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Federal Budgets
  • Financial Management
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Planning
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management