Improving the Initiation of Acquisition Activities for Automated Information Systems

Abstract

The success rate for acquiring automated information systems (AIS) continues to be a source of considerable interest to Congress and the Department of Defense. Building upon Defense Science Board recommendations, the authors' research identifies improvements for initiating information systems acquisition. Adding a soft start period prior to the Materiel Development Decision allows the acquisition community to negotiate with end users regarding system concepts that can satisfy the materiel solution concept and better manage the flexibility of AIS concepts to lower risks. This management is enabled through a newly formulated reference frame that maps the materiel solution concept to the system concept and allows the system concept to be reorganized and optimized prior to the analysis of acquisition approaches.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA529308

Entities

People

  • Chiang H. Ren
  • Matthew Prebble
  • Stephen Busch

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Cloud Computing
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Acquisition
  • Networks
  • Operations Research
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis