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Rack MP – Program Management
Aisle M — Modernization
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)
Modernization (M): Acquisition Frameworks (MA) — Capabilities Development (MC) — Defense Industrial Base (MD) — Program Management (MP) — Requirements Development (MR) — Science & Technology (MS) — Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (MT) — Major Weapons Systems (MW)
Disclaimer: The inclusion of resources here is for informational, historical, and research purposes only and is provided as a service for US Army War College faculty, students, and graduates to support their educational and professional requirements. These may include outdated or superseded materials. The inclusion of these materials does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.
This rack is intended to provide resources regarding the management of non-major weapons system acquisition programs — such as soldier systems and combat support programs. It remains to be seen if this is the best category for the materials here or if they need to be broken out further into other categories. Feedback welcome.
This shelf contains general resources on the theory and practice of program management.
Faculty Publications:
- Defense Acquisition University, Program Manager’s Took Kit, 16th ed., January 2011.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- DoD, Public-Private Partnering for Product Support Guidebook, October 2016.
Strategies and Reports:
- Army Program Manager FCS, Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team) (FCS (BCT)): 14 + 1 + 1 Systems Overview (Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 2007).
- Department of the Army, Weapon Systems Handbook, annual reports all available at https://asc.army.mil/web/weapon-systems/wsh-archive/
- Department of Defense, Compendium of Annual Program Manager Assessments for 2015 (Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2015).
- Oakley, Shelby S. WEAPON SYSTEMS ANNUAL ASSESSMENT: Knowledge Gaps Pose Risks to Sustaining Recent Positive Trends, Report #GAO-18-360SP (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2018).
- Sullivan, Michael J. DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs, Report #GAO-14-340SP (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2014).
- Sullivan, Michael J. DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs, Report #GAO-17-333SP (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2017).
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Gansler, Jacques S., William Lucyshyn, and Michael Arendt. Competition in Defense Acquisitions (College Park, MD: University of Maryland Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, 2009).
- Note: Public domain, federally funded research.
- Kobren, Bill. “Teamed for Success: The Imperative for Aligning Systems Engineering and Life Cycle Logistics,” Defense AT&L (January-February 2013): 18-24.
- Kobren, Bill. “The Defense Life-Cycle Logistics Journey,” Defense AT&L (May-June 2014): 28-34.
- Levinson, William J., “DoD Acquisition – to Compete or Not to Compete: The Placebo of Competition,” Defense ARJ 21, no. 1 (January 2014): 416-440.
- Parmentola, John A. and Irena D. Szkrybalo, “Technology Transition: Lessons Learned from Fido (R) / Packbot (R),” Defense AT&L (October-December 2007): 12-15.
- Razzetti, Eugene A. “Due Diligence — Just ‘Due’ It,” Defense AT&L (March-April 2018): 29-32.
- Trybula, David C. “Big Five” Lessons for Today and Tomorrow (strategy research project, Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2012).
Title image credit: Defense Contract Management Agency, public domain.
Modernization (M): Acquisition Frameworks (MA) — Capabilities Development (MC) — Defense Industrial Base (MD) — Program Management (MP) — Requirements Development (MR) — Science & Technology (MS) — Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (MT) — Major Weapons Systems (MW)
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)