Engineering the Business of Defense Acquisition: An Analysis of Program Office Processes

Abstract

The Problem: Curiously despite the enormous attention project management and analysis have received over the years, the track record of projects is fundamentally poor, particularly for the larger and more difficult ones. Overruns are common. Many projects appear as failures, particularly in the public view. [W]hy does the record so consistently show project overruns to be the norm? Is this the indictment of project management that it seems? is this a policy or management problem?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA625142

Entities

People

  • Charles K. Pickar
  • Raymond D. Jones

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biological Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Configuration Management
  • Cost Estimates
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Project Management
  • Resource Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design