The Proposed U.S. Army Research Laboratory Research and Technology Generation Process in the Context of the Army Budget Process

Abstract

As part of the organizational transition to the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), a Process Action Team was formed to consider the issue of how research and technology will be generated in ARL. The result was a detailed process which accommodated transition ground rules and incorporated significant changes aimed at providing better customer service through the use of Total Quality Management Principles. The process has seven sequential subprocesses, Establish Customer Needs, Look for Solutions, Formulate Program, Obtain Approval to Execute, Technology Generation, Technology Transfer, and Accomplishments Based Evaluation. All subprocesses are fully integrated with a corporate investment strategy that serves as a guiding hand to all activities. in order to prepare this internal ARL process for implementation, it was adapted to satisfy the external global Army budget process. The status of implementation is presented and future plans are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274145

Entities

People

  • Eric G. Heilman
  • Randolph S. Coates

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Investments
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Total Quality Management
  • Transitions

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  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design