Navy Program Manager's Guide, 1985 Edition

Abstract

The guide describes the Department of the Navy system acquisition process, leaning heavily on lessons learned in past acquisition programs. It outlines the system acquisition process, identifies participants and describes their roles, describes the procedures necessary to move the program from one milestone to the next, and identifies possible pitfalls along the way. The Guide, where possible outlines methodologies and strategies and directs the program manager to specific sources of assistance. It is an introduction and ready reference to the Navy acquisition process, not a formal instruction. Keywords include: Navy Systems Acquisition Process, Program management, Acquisition Team, Program Manager, Contract Monitoring, Program Documentation, Integrated Logistics Support, Reliability and Maintainability, Acquisition Categories, Less-than-major-programs, Milestones, Manpower, Personnel, Training, Risk Assessment, TRACE, Cost Effectiveness, Test and Evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA151925

Entities

People

  • George Hemmerle
  • George S. Handler
  • William Rucker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Contracts
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.