Strategic Planning and Management in Defense Systems Acquisition

Abstract

Strategic Planning and Management (SP&M) methods are widely used in the commercial sector and are a required organizational activity within the U.S. Government. More specifically, defense acquisition organizations use SP&M methods to strengthen the management of defense acquisition organizations/programs. This article reports results of a survey of the defense acquisition community that assessed how SP&M methods and practices promote management effectiveness. The results show that SP&M is viewed as valuable to Department of Defense systems acquisition programs and organizations. Moreover, this effort identified high-value activities, tools, processes, practices, and common roadblocks to effective SP&M. These results imply that training on processes and tool use can be very important, especially for senior leaders, and implementation assistance can also be useful.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA624709

Entities

People

  • Stanley Rosen

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Public Administration
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • Training

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).