Toward Centralized Control of Defense Acquisition Programs

Abstract

A great deal of turbulence in U.S. defense acquisition policy has contributed to confusion during the last three years within the acquisition workforce in terminology, major policy thrusts, and unclear implications of the changes. The new acquisition framework has added complexity with more phases and delineations of activity, and both the number and level of decision reviews have increased. As a result, program managers may now have fewer resources to manage their programs as they spend much of their time and budgets managing the bureaucracy. This same framework and its associated requirements for senior level reviews are opposed to the rapid and evolutionary policy espoused and are counter to appropriate management strategies for a transformational era.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441765

Entities

People

  • John T. Dillard

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Public Policy
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design