The Program Manager's Support System (PMSS). An Executive Overview and System Description,

Abstract

The Program Manager's Support System (PMSS) is an application of decision support systems technology to the defense acquisition program management environment. The PMSS is intended to support the defense Program Manager and his/her first echelon staff; for example, the Chief Engineer, the Plans and Programs Officer, the Configuration Manager, the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Manager, etc. The PMSS also can be utilized by other managers in the acquisition community, for example, by headquarters level executives, program management officer in major projects, and field activity managers. The PMSS consists of two major parts, functional modules and the integrated PMSS. Functional modules are software programs that can be used as stand-alone programs to assist in program management areas of responsibility such as planning, acquisition strategy development, program management plan generation, cost estimating, scheduling, Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) development, budget generation, budget execution monitoring, financial management, systems engineering, production planning, integrated logistics support planning, test issues identification, Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) generation, TEMP evaluation and monitoring, configuration management, document generation, document evaluation and monitoring, program office staffing and organization, etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA194532

Entities

People

  • Harold J. Schutt
  • Kathryn M. Scanlon

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Databases
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering