Charting a Course for Change: Acquisition Theory and Practice for a Transforming Defense
Abstract
The symposium served successfully, in our view, as a forum for the exchange of ideas among a distinguished and diverse body of scholars and practitioners of public sector acquisition. The contents feature presentations on recently completed and on-going research projects conducted under the Acquisition Research Program, as well as an excellent keynote address by The Honorable Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, former Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics). Panel I: Issues in Acquisition Policies, includes the papers "Centralized Control of Defense Acquisition Programs: A Comparative Review of the Framework from 1987-2003" and "Using the Systems Engineering Process to Balance the Interdependence of Mission Capability, Operations and Support Costs, and System Utility Rates -- What's T&E's Role?" Panel II: Total Ownership Costs -- The Future, includes the papers "Total Ownership Cost: An Exercise in Discipline" and "The Impact of Software Support on System Total Ownership Cost." Panel III: Performance Based Logistics -- Contractor Performance Measurements, includes the papers ""Characteristics of Good Metrics for Performance Based Logistics (PBL)" and "Using Metrics to Measure Contractor Performance." Panel IV: Government in the Market Place, includes the papers "Downsizing the Navy: Privatization of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis -- A Case Study" and "The Army Seeks a World Class Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) -- An Outsourcing Case Study."
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA529327
Entities
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School