Strategic Management Plan: The Business of Defense FY2014-2015

Abstract

The Strategic Management Plan (SMP) sets forth the Department of Defense (DoD) strategy for delivering effective business operations to support and enable the Warfighter. The objective of the SMP is to align and improve business operations across the Department s Business Functions as required by the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).1 The SMP establishes the goals, key initiatives, outcomes, performance measures, and guiding principles for the Department s business mission area. It communicates the strategic business direction for the Department as well as the approach for assessing progress toward achieving the Department s business goals. The SMP business goals are aligned to the Department s overall strategy as outlined in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). The QDR goals set the strategic priorities for the Department, including a number of business and management improvements. The 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance (DSG), which reflects the President s strategic direction to the Department, reaffirmed these goals and emphasized continuing efforts to reduce the cost of doing business as one of the principles that will guide DoD force structure and program development in the coming years.2 The Department is moving toward an integrated business environment built on 21st century capabilities, enabled by cutting-edge technologies. Reorienting the management of Defense business around cross-functional end-to-end processes enables informed enterprise-wide decisions, guides the selection of targeted investments in business capabilities, and drives interoperability, efficiency and fewer duplicative systems. The Department is transforming its business through key initiatives, including Audit Readiness, Better Buying Power (BBP), and mobile and web-enabled applications. The SMP provides a management framework to accomplish these initiatives and create an effective, yet simplified business environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA588431

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  • Elizabeth A. Mcgrath

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  • United States Department of Defense

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  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

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  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Casualties
  • Commerce
  • Data Centers
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Health Care
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Supply Chain
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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