Army Acquisition Lessons Learned

Abstract

The Center for Army Acquisition Lessons Learned (CAALL) was established within the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) to collect, analyze and disseminate acquisition lessons learned. The center serves as the authoritative source for timely, real-world acquisition lessons learned to enhance the performance of the Army s project offices in support of the warfighter. The mission originated with the 2010 Army Acquisition Review, which repeatedly cited the need for a centralized source for lessons learned across the acquisition life cycle. The report stated that there are lessons learned within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA[ALT]), the test community and other acquisition stakeholders, but they are all dispersed and need to be synthesized. In addition, the report stated there is no formal way to track successes, analyze failures and develop best practices from historical programs. Therefore, the acquisition community needs a robust, readily accessible database and associated analytical capability to extract relevant information. The report recommended that a Center for Army Acquisition Lessons Learned be established to provide a record of acquisition experiences in order to allow others within the acquisition community to understand what occurred and avoid previous mistakes, as well as to provide the basis for making improvements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA610755

Entities

People

  • Jill Iracki

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Procurement
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Costs
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).