The Communication of the User's Requirements to the System Program Office during the Ongoing System Development Process.
Abstract
Air Force acquisition program management officers (n=292) were surveyed to determine which factors in the user to system program office requirements communication process were related to achieving effective communication. Using command representatives (n=17) working at Aeronautical Systems Division were also contacted to provide their perspective of the communications process. Results obtained from reading the comments on the questionnaires and from the interviews indicated that both program managers and user representatives believed that additional operational experience on the part of acquisition management personnel would enhance the requirements communication process. The analysis of the data, however, did not support this. Operational experience of the program manager was not statistically related to any of the measures of successful communications. Program managers who had completed AFIT Systems 100 tended to have a more positive outlook on both the desirability of having a user representative in the SPO, and of the overall requirements communication process. Keywords: Theses; Systems management; Research management; Prototypes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA188046
Entities
People
- Russell B. Smariga
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology