DOD BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to be Better Justified, Defined, and Managed
Abstract
DOD has not effectively implemented key IT management controls on its GCSS-MC program. Collectively, these management controls are intended to reasonably ensure that investment in a given system represents the right solution to fill a mission need and if it is, that the system is acquired and deployed the right way, meaning that it is done in a manner that maximizes the chances of delivering defined system capabilities and benefits on time and within budget. Given that deployment of GCSS-MC is more than 3 years behind schedule and expected to cost about $193 million more than envisioned, these goals are already not being met, in part because DOD program management and oversight entities have not adequately implemented several key IT management controls. As a result, the department does not have a sufficient basis for knowing that GCSS-MC, as defined, is the best system solution to meeting its mission needs, and the program is likely to experience further schedule slips and cost overruns, along with reduced system capabilities. Weaknesses associated with DOD's implementation of five key IT management controls, as well as recent actions to correct weaknesses with another management control, are as follows: " GCSS-MC compliance with DOD's federated business enterprise architecture (BEA) has not been sufficiently demonstrated. To its credit, the program office has followed DOD's BEA compliance guidance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA484540
Entities
People
- Anh Le
- Cheryl Dottermusch
- Ethan Iczkovitz
- Harold Brumm
- Michael Holland
- Monica Anatalio
- Mustafa Hassan
- Nancy Glover
- Neil Doherty
- Randolph C. Hite
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office