Assessment of Army Contracting Command's Contract Management Processes

Abstract

This research builds upon the emerging body of knowledge on contract management workforce competence and organizational process capability. In 2003 the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM) was first developed for the purpose of assessing Department of Defense (DoD) and defense contractor organizational contract management process capability. The CMMM has been previously applied at Air Force, Army, Navy, and defense contractor organizations. During the period between 2008 and 2009, assessments were conducted at three specific Army Contracting Command (ACC) contracting centers using the CMMM. These organizations included the Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Contracting Center, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, and the National Capital Region (NCR) Contracting Center. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize the assessment ratings, analyze the assessment results in terms of contract management process maturity, and discuss the implications of these assessment results for process improvement and knowledge management opportunities. This paper will also provide insight on consistencies and trends from these assessment results to DoD contract management. Finally, this paper will discuss these assessment results in an attempt to characterize the current state of practice of contract management within the Army Contracting Command.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 16, 2010
Accession Number
ADA538492

Entities

People

  • Rene G. Rendon

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Aviation
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Knowledge Management
  • Management Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Policy
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Government
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.