U.S. Army Acquisition - The Program Executive Officer Perspective

Abstract

The U.S. Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP) is a multi-year effort to improve the way the Army acquires software-intensive systems. As part of the ASSIP, the Carnegie Mellon (trademark) Software Engineering Institute interviewed the Army's Program Executive Officers (PEOs) to get their perspectives on the state of Army acquisition of software-intensive systems. The PEOs are senior acquisition professionals with a wealth of experience in Army acquisition and the attempts to improve it in the past. This report documents the results of the PEO interviews. The PEOs identified shortcomings and some interesting potential solutions in various aspects of the acquisition function, including skills and training, policy, the acquisition organization, metrics, process, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, and facilities and tools.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441246

Entities

People

  • Stephen Blanchette

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Army Procurement
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Management Training
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering.