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From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change: Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 158 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 232x155x11 mm, weight: 258 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Jan-2011
  • Leidėjas: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 083305046X
  • ISBN-13: 9780833050465
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 158 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 232x155x11 mm, weight: 258 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Jan-2011
  • Leidėjas: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 083305046X
  • ISBN-13: 9780833050465
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Raktažodžiai:
Defense acquisition is one of the most urgent issues that the Department of Defense faces today. In an effort to provide the department and the nation with guidance on defense acquisition challenges in several areas likely to be of critical importance to defense acquisition leadership, the authors have compiled in this monograph six previously published RAND papers that offer thought-provoking suggestions based on decades of research, new quantitative assessments, a RAND-developed cost-analysis methodology, and the expertise of core research staff. They present detailed proposals to improve defense acquisition through initiatives focused on competition, novel systems, risk management, organizational factors, prototyping, and the acquisition workforce.
Preface iii
Figures
ix
Tables
xi
Summary xiii
Abbreviations xxi
Chapter One Determining When Competition is a Reasonable Strategy for the Production Phase of Defense Acquisition
1(20)
Introduction
1(1)
Pentagon Acquisitions: Not Business As Usual
2(1)
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Competition
3(9)
Benefits of Competition
5(2)
Drawbacks of Competition
7(5)
Conditions Favorable to Competition via a Second Production Source
12(7)
Conclusions
19(2)
Chapter Two Untying Gulliver: Taking Risks to Acquire Novel Weapon Systems
21(10)
Introduction
21(2)
What Is a Novel System?
23(3)
A Strategy for Fielding Novel Systems Concepts
26(3)
Conclusions
29(2)
Chapter Three Dollar Value and Risk Levels: Changing How Weapon System Programs Are Managed
31(20)
Introduction
31(1)
Managing by Risk Level Versus Dollar Value
32(1)
Focusing on Causes Rather Than Consequences
33(14)
Well-Defined Process for Assessing Technical Risk Is in Place
36(1)
System Integration Risk Is Assessed, but at Later Stages
37(3)
The Risks of Design Process Management Are Not Well Understood
40(2)
Evaluation of Production Risks Lacks Rigor
42(3)
The Risk of Early Business Decisions Is Not Fully Appreciated
45(2)
Conclusions
47(4)
Chapter Four Improving Acquisition Outcomes: Organizational and Management Issues
51(12)
Introduction
51(1)
The Service Chiefs' Role in the Acquisition Process Is Too Limited
52(1)
The Combatant Commands' Role in Defense Management
53(2)
Joint Duty Requirements Erode Operational Insights Within Acquisition Program Management
55(1)
Too Much Emphasis on Management Processes over Creativity and Initiative
56(4)
Conclusions
60(3)
Chapter Five On Prototyping: Lessons from RAND Research
63(22)
Introduction
63(1)
What Is Prototyping?
64(3)
What Are the Expected Benefits of Prototyping?
67(6)
Historical Evidence is Mixed
73(5)
Conditions That Favor Prototyping
78(3)
Conclusions
81(4)
Chapter Six Shining a Spotlight on the Defense Acquisition Workforce-Again
85(32)
Introduction
85(3)
The Defense Acquisition Workforce: Policy Context, Size, and Composition
88(8)
Defense Acquisition Workforce and Improvement Act
89(3)
Civilian Personnel Management in DoD: The National Security Personnel System
92(2)
Strategic Human Capital Planning for the Acquisition Workforce
94(2)
Basis of Main Concerns About the Defense Acquisition Workforce
96(8)
Is the Defense Acquisition Workforce Really Too Small?
96(8)
Overuse or Inappropriate Use of Contractors
104(3)
Where Are Contractors Being Used?
104(2)
Why Are Contractors Being Used?
106(1)
The Workforce Lacks the Skills to Accomplish the Workload
107(1)
Conclusions
108(4)
Occupational Grouping Definitions Used in This Report
112(5)
Quality Assurance and Auditing
112(1)
Program Management and Logistics
112(1)
Procurement
113(1)
Science and Engineering
113(2)
Sensitivity Checks
115(2)
About the Authors 117(6)
Bibliography 123