Information Sharing within the COEA Process

Abstract

In order to meet the challenges of a reduced work force and the changing roles and/or missions of the Air Force in particular, the Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis (COEA) is used in the decision-making of every phase of the acquisition process. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD) has mandated that COEAs are to be an integral part of the acquisition process. The COEA information gathering or sharing process is not well defined. Areas within the COEA process affected are the coordination of common elements of information required, the data collection, and the generation of possible solutions. The problem addressed by this research is how to improve the COEA information sharing process for data used to produce analyses for an organization. This improved process should result in a reduction of the time spent in continual meetings and conferences resolving conflicts within the process areas. The result of our research indicates that the different processes within the COEA information process could be organized within a knowledge-based system (KBS) for improving the sharing of information and the overall efficiency of the process. Cost operational effectiveness analysis, COEA, Knowledge-based systems, KBS, Information sharing

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273906

Entities

People

  • Constance S. Maginnis
  • Michael J. Monroe

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Digital Information
  • Employment
  • Expert Systems
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis