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Cooper, Michael Andrew. "Department of Defense implementation of acquisition reform." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FCooper.pdf.
Full textCompton, Jeffrey A., and Brian A. Meinshausen. "The Department of Defense's management of services acquisition: an empirical analysis." Thesis, Monterey, California, Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38040.
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The purpose of this MBA project is to determine how best to collect empirical data regarding the current state of services acquisition management of the installation level within the Department of Defense and conduct an initial analysis of collected data. The project designed a web-based, self-administered, cross-sectional survey using SurveyMonkey, a web-based survey engine. The survey's pilot test was conducted between mid-October and early November 2007 and obtained a 50 percent response rate. Of the respondents, 60 percent was Army, 20 percent was Marine Corps, and 20 percent Air Force. The pilot test captured valuable data which was analyzed; however improvements to the core survey maay generate a higher response rate and provide a clearer picture of the current state of services acquisition management at the installation level within the Department of Defense. The results of this project will support on-going research in the area of services acquisition management.
Coble, Mar, Jeremy Royster, Doug Glandon, John Stewart, Phi Pham, Brandon Taylor, David Bailey, and Keith Herndon. "Improving the prototyping process in Department of Defense acquisition." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/42718.
Full textThe current Department of Defense (DOD) multiyear acquisition process is too costly and takes far too long for weapon systems to be developed. To help the DOD address this challenge a model was developed that will mature and transition technology into formal system development. The team utilized a tailored systems engineering strategy, including requirements analysis, functional architecting, modeling, simulation, and risk analysis when developing the Technology Development System (TDS) model. The TDS is based on risk assessment, detailed planning, and early system prototyping in order to successfully proceed into formal system development with proven technologies. This model was developed with the intent that it be extendable to all program offices within the DOD. The TDS leveraged attributes and known best practices from doctrinal sources combined into a step-by-step development process. The context surrounding successful prototyping still lacks the proper knowledge-based approach needed to make the effort worthwhile. The architecture, model, and simulation together provide the traceability, validation, and system requirements to define system entry criteria, accurately plan and conduct technology maturation, and reduce the cost and technical risk associated with early system development within the DOD acquisition life cycle.
Reighard, Daniel K. II. "Incorporating trust into Department of Defense acquisition risk management." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/43986.
Full textRisk management has been proven to be a valuable tool to identify and mitigate risks early in the program life-cycle. Modernization and communication advances have recently changed the commercial economy from national to global. Companies are starting to venture into new partnerships with foreign companies. However, there has also been an increase in business corruption, like Fannie Mac and Enron, which has raised skepticism in entering new partnerships. Industry is addressing this fact by no longer exclusively depending on science as the determining factor in risk assessment and starting to include trust as a factor in risk management. Qualitative measurements are being analyzed in attempted to address these uncertainties by incorporating trust into the risk management process. The purpose of this paper was to determine whether it was feasible and advantageous to incorporate trust into the risk management process for Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition. The premise of this research was that there were hidden risk factors attributed to qualitative measures that were not being identified in current DOD risk management processes. A preliminary conclusion of this thesis is that trust is a valuable factor in the risk assessment process that can help identify qualitative risk elements.
Ellsworth, Charles S. "Foreign currency fluctuation allowances in Department of Defense acquisition appropriations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA276410.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Richard D. Milligan ; O. Moses. "December 1993." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
Evans, Frederick Jr, and Scott McConnell. "Leveraging international cooperation acquisition opportunities for the Department of Defense." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/43912.
Full textLeveraging current and future International Cooperation opportunities, such as Foreign Military Sales and Cooperative Programs throughout the entire Department of Defense System Acquisition Framework could contribute to and enhance the systems acquired domestically and create additional Foreign Military Sales opportunities. Historically, International Cooperation is not considered in the acquisition process until sometime around initial operational capability or full operational capability. Considering International Cooperation earlier in the acquisition process may prove beneficial to the domestic side if Department of Defense systems can be developed and acquired to accommodate our foreign partner’s interoperability requirements and releaseability restrictions. The overall outcome of this study will be to identify the various entry points in the acquisition framework for International Cooperation and how that will benefit or deter the domestic program offices system acquisition efforts. Our research and analysis will focus on examples of various levels of effort that have been required to go back and retrofit a system to make it available to Foreign Military Sales and then identify where it could have been done more efficiently if considered earlier in the framework.
Edwards, Shane A. "Optimizing Department of Defense Acquisition Development Test and Evaluation scheduling." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45846.
Full textDepartment of Defense (DOD) Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) activities for new acquisitions account for a large portion of time and money during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase. DOD Program Management Office test personnel develop test schedules manually using time estimates and heuristic subject matter expert advice for each test to forecast the overall time and costs associated with a developed course of action. These manually constructed schedules take weeks to develop via many planning iterations to construct an acceptable, but not necessarily feasible or optimal solution. Ultimately, these forecast schedules and duration estimates can be inaccurate, and may result in schedule delays and/or cost overruns. This thesis presents an optimization and simulation model as a decision support tool to improve current DT&E scheduling. We represent this resource-constrained scheduling problem as an integer linear program, and develop set enumeration reduction techniques, as well as a cascade method to reduce solve times. The proposed model, unlike current manual scheduling techniques, suggests schedules that are feasible, nearly optimal, and are produced quickly for effective analysis of alternatives.
Peters, Kenneth. "Strategies for Improving Contractors' Defense Acquisition Cost Estimates." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6093.
Full textCompton, Jeffrey A. Meinshausen Brian A. "The Department of Defense's management of services acquisition an empirical analysis /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FCompton%5FMBA.pdf.
Full textAdvisor(s): Apte, Aruna U. ; Apte, Uday M. ; Rendon, Rene G. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40). Also available in print.
Froemke, Charles B., and Jerry M. Tanner. "Implementing coordinative acquisition as a viable streamlined acquisition process in the Department of Defense (DoD): will contractors participate?" Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10069.
Full textThe purpose of this MBA Project is to discuss the use of the coordinative acquisition tool, which supports Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) recommendations calling for more streamlined acquisition architecture. Specifically, we conduct an analysis of the coordinative acquisition strategy as presented by Dr. Joseph P. Avery in his January 2006 presentation entitled, "Coordinative Acquisition Strategies; Hyperswift Response to the Warfighter" as an acquisition tool used outside of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). We compare this method to DoD Directive 5000.1, DAPA, and other acquisition policies calling for acquisition cycle-time reduction and for a more simplified acquisition architecture. We also conduct a case study on the Rapid Identification Friend or Foe (RIFF) test kit prototype and develop lessons learned as it relates to DoD-wide implementation of coordinative acquisition as a viable streamlined acquisition tool for rapid acquisition of immature technologies necessary for warfighter support. We also discuss interviews with Government and industry representatives at all levels in order to better explore legal and ethical considerations of coordinative acquisition. Feedback from these interviews provides useful insight into industry's actual willingness to accept this form of acquisition for future projects within the DoD.
Froemke, Charles B. Tanner Jerry M. "Implementing coordinative acquisition as a viable streamlined acquisition process in the Department of Defense (DoD) will contractors participate? /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA460308.
Full textAdvisor(s): Engelbeck, R. Marshall. ; Rendon, Rene G. "December 2006." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on June 12, 2009. DTIC Identifiers: Far(Federal Acquisition Regulation), Riff(Rapid Identification Friend Or Foe) Test Kit, Gsr(Gunshot Residue), Mou(Memorandum Of Understanding), Define And Validate Need. Author(s) subject terms: Coordinative acquisition, acquisition reform, acquisition architecture, streamlined acquisition, Gunshot-residue (GSR) Testing, Rapid Identification Friend or Foe (RIFF) test kit, Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69).
Kilpatrick, Robert J. "Multiyear procurement : and the Department of Defense in an acquisition reform environment." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA360004.
Full text"December 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey R. Cuskey, Mark W. Stone. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-105). Also available online.
Dehlinger, Sean P. "Comparison of Department of Defense Information Technology Acquisition Processes : a case study." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1728.
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Clowney, Patrick. "Colossal Collapses| An Analysis of 11 Department of Defense Acquisition Program Management Factors that Influence Department of Defense Acquisition Program Termination Using Relative Importance Weight and Chi-squared Distribution." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10150142.
Full textThe United States Department of Defense (DoD) loses billions of dollars annually on cancelled or failed acquisition programs. Several DoD acquisition studies, Office of Management and Budget Studies, Government Accountability Office Reports, as well as other studies highlight the disturbing fact, of a plethora of programs that fail to meet full operational requirement capabilities, and therefore, are eventually cancelled. In these cases, the DoD loses billions of investment dollars without any return. Scholars, program managers, and systems engineers posit that there are a host of factors that influence whether a program is cancelled or allowed to continue. They include, but are not limited to political pressures, cost overruns, schedule overruns, and performance shortfalls.
The research here aims to add to the body of knowledge of systems engineering, program management, and the factors that influence acquisition program terminations within the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Specifically, this research surveyed the United States DoD acquisition program managers, defense industry program managers, and defense industry consultants, to evaluate and analyze the key program factors that influence DoD acquisition program terminations. The research also conducted a comparison of different attributes that would lead to project failure amongst various groups. This research used relatively important weight calculations and a chi-squared distribution analysis in order to compare the differences between DoD acquisition program managers, defense industry program managers, and defense industry consultants, with regards to the factors that lead to DoD acquisition program terminations. This research aims to further answer several interrelated research questions, in order to identify the factors that have the greatest influence on program and project cancellation from the expert’s perspective, and capture any significant differences between DoD program managers, DoD industry personnel, and DoD consultants. The research questions include the following:
1) Are there any statistically significant differences between what DoD program managers, DoD industry personnel, and DoD consultants personnel think influence program cancellation? 2) Are there statistically significant differences of the various DoD acquisition program factors between what DoD program managers, DoD industry personnel, and DoD consultants personnel think influence program cancellation?
An exhaustive literature review identified 11 critical factors that were associated with program management for examination. For this study, the examination and methodology used were the Relative Importance Weight technique, to analyze the attributes and factors. RIW methodology consisted of conducting a survey to identify and evaluate the relative importance of the signi?cant factors influencing program termination. Respondents of this survey included the following groups: 1) DoD program and project managers, 2) DoD Industry personnel, and 3) DoD consultants. The outcomes of this research serve three primary purposes: 1) identify the Relative Importance Weight of DoD acquisition program factors that influence program termination, 2) fulfill a system’s engineering and program management’s knowledge gap, by understanding and identifying the most critical factors within the unique DoD acquisition program management system, and 3) serve as a spring board for future research for DoD program management. The results of this research indicate that a statistically significant difference does not exist between the three groups with relative importance of 11 program management factors.
Main, Robert R. "The effects of exclusive teaming arrangements on the Department of Defense Acquisition process." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA368054.
Full text"June 1999". Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey R. Cuskey, David V. Lamm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-103). Also available online.
Doane, Donna R. (Donna Reed), and Susan D. Spencer. "Cultural analysis case study : implementaiton of acquisition reform within the Department of Defense." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82673.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-103).
by Donna R. Doane.
M.S.
Wood, Steven Michael. "Corporate restructuring, regulation and competitive space : the US department store in the 1990s." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343013.
Full textDurkin, Paul K. "Nondevelopmental item acquisition initiatives : a comparative study of implementation within Department of Defense services /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA277303.
Full textWilliams, Delaney C. "An economic analysis of commercially based tactical vehicles acquisition for the Department of Defense." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401609.
Full textSteves, Michael R. "An examination of Department of Defense risk management policy for nondevelopmental items acquisition programs." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27041.
Full textEarnshaw, Anthany Arthur Paul, and n/a. "The acquisition of major capital equipment by the Australian Department of Defence : a comparative analysis." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060706.164636.
Full textLockhart, David E. "Open Innovation| Accelerating Innovative Products and Services through the Department of Defense Acquisition Management System." Thesis, University of Maryland University College, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10837400.
Full textThe purpose of this dissertation was to explore the application of open innovation theory concepts and practices employed in private industry to the federal public sector, specifically the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Acquisition Management System (DAMS). This study considered using open innovation to improve the DoD’s ability to move innovative products and services through the DAMS faster, at a lower cost, while continuing to meet performance requirements for the DoD’s end-users. The theoretical lens was focused around the core concept of open innovation: collaboration with external parties, principally customers, and the acquisition, integration, and application of knowledge from external parties to improve innovation performance. The study also considered improved performance from the perspective of what the DoD, as the primary customer in the ecosystem, could do to raise the capacity of its supporting industrial base. Furthermore, the study considered the importance, use, and alignment of several secondary enablers that are needed to improve the probability of successfully implementing open innovation, including leadership and governance, culture, intellectual property and legal issues, funding, and technology. The study examined four propositions identified in the literature review and used realist synthesis in combination with the context, intervention, mechanism, and outcomes model to determine their validity. In the synthesis, the study identified four major findings that served to validate each of the propositions, essentially supporting the overall proposition that, as the primary customer in the ecosystem, the DoD’s effective use of collaboration with industry throughout the process and its provision of the right type of information earlier in the process resulted in better innovation performance for everyone in the ecosystem.
Gustafsson, Joel. "What have we become? : Organizational identity in the Västerås Police Department." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-326800.
Full textDugmore, Cuan Patrick. "The status of Xhosa and communicative competence in Cape Education Department schools." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14225.
Full textThe empirical survey of Xhosa amongst Standard 10 pupils in Cape Education Department Schools (CED) sought to verify or negate two central concerns which surf aced in a pilot study of five Western Cape schools. This thesis contends that little has changed throughout South Africa's colonial and apartheid history with regard to the status of African languages within South Africa and particularly in CED schools. The second contention is that various factors, including the lack of second language expertise and contact with mother tongue speakers, continue to undermine the potential development of pupils' communicative competence in Xhosa. Separate questionnaires which included categorical and open ended questions were posted to Xhosa-teachers, Standard 10 non-mother tongue Xhosa pupils and their parents. The Xhosa teachers administered the questionnaires. There was an 80% response from the total population of CED schools offering Xhosa. The number of subjects included 169 Xhosa pupils, 154 parents and 26 Xhosa teachers. STATGRAPHICS and BMDP were the statistical packages used in the analysis. Chi-Squared tests with the Yates correction for continuity were used to compare frequencies between categorical variables. ANOVA and t-tests were used with continuous variables. Findings indicated the deteriorating status of Xhosa in schools. The low number of CED schools ( 13. 0%) offering Xhosa and a 0. 5% growth rate in Standard 10 pupils doing Xhosa between 1988 and 1991 are an indication of this. The lack of encouragement and support for Xhosa from schools and the CED, coupled with problematic subject choice options, the Xhosa syllabus and the examination system, has affected the status of Xhosa and the motivation of pupils adversely. In the survey, pupils had low communicative competence in Xhosa levels of perceived due to the lack of informal, natural acquisition environments and the over- emphasis of grammatical aspects in the classroom and in examinations. Furthermore, the lack of quality primary and secondary education based on negatively affected pupils' second language theory has attitudes, motivation and communicative competence levels in Xhosa. The recognition of the importance of African languages in a future non-racial South Africa in the current language debate has highlighted the contradiction that exists today. This contradiction necessitates the urgent re-assessment of language and education policies, strategies and teaching methodologies in order to uplift the status of African languages and improve the levels of competence in the target language amongst school pupils.
Mullis, William Sterling. "Acquiring Expertise? Developing Expertise in the Defense Acquisition Workforce." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72963.
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Skubic, Michelle Coyne. "Outsourcing market research in Department of Defense commodity acquisition : the issues, concerns, an dprivate industry capabilities /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397510.
Full textHodgson, Sidney W. III. "An investigation of possible discriminating earned value variables in Department of Defense major acquisition program cancellation." Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/34677.
Full textSome major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) are cancelled while others are not. The research evaluates earned value (EV) data reported by 12 cancelled MDAPs and compares it to the EV data reported by 12 MDAPs that had significant cost overruns yet were not cancelled (referred to as troubled programs). The study investigates whether there are differences in the key EV metrics reported for cancelled and troubled but not cancelled programs and seeks to develop a model that captures the probability of cancellation based on EV information. The thesis hypothesizes that cancelled programs would have more unfavorable cumulative cost and schedule variances, greater cost growth in the estimate at completion (EAC), and more disparity between the contractor and program manager cost estimates. Mann-Whitney tests were used to identify significant differences in EV metrics between the two groups and a probit model was used to further explore the relationship between EV information and the probability of program cancellation. The Mann Whitney and probit results, viewed together, suggest that early cost growth in a program may be an indicator of program cancellation. The thesis also suggests ways to improve EAC using probabilistic methods, including quantifying the level of cost risk associated with the EAC.
Coutteau, Harlene N. "What the Department of Defense non-major acquisition project manager should know about cost and schedule management." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23813.
Full textStevens, Teresa A., Ilze Angere, and Kathleen A. Colter. "An empirical study of the management and oversight of medical services acquisition within the Department of Defense." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10382.
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The purpose of this MBA report is to determine how the Department of Defense (DoD) manages and oversees medical services acquisition. In April 2009, the Market Research Analyst reported that the DoD is set to spend $47 billion in healthcare in 2010. Our analysis delves into the medical services procurement practices as well as the surveillance and training measures for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. To accomplish this objective, an online pilot survey was developed to address the current state of medical services acquisition management. The pilot survey gathered empirical data from military organizations responsible for the management and oversight of Federal Service Code Q, medical services. The pilot survey was conducted from October 26 to November 6, 2009 and obtained an 85% response rate. The results show the Services all use personal and non-personal medical services contracts, and the majority of the contracts are fixed-price. Additionally, the majority of Medical Contracting Commands identified manning shortfalls, healthcare provider salary cap issues, and shortage of trained and experienced contracting personnel as challenges in contracting for medical services. The findings of this MBA report will support on-going research in the area of services acquisition management.
Angere, Ilze Colter Kathleen A. Stevens Teresa A. "An empirical study of the management and oversight of medical services acquisition within the Department of Defense." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/MBAPR/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FAngere%5FMBA.pdf.
Full textAdvisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Apte, Uday M. "December 2009." "MBA Professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Medical Services Contracting, Acquisition Management, Lifecycle Management, Contractor Oversight. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91). Also available in print.
Stricker, Bette Eckard. "The effects of Department of Defense acquisition reform on women-owned small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FStricker.pdf.
Full textCoutteau, Charles G. "Cost and schedule control management : what the Department of Defense major acquisition system program manager needs to know." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23600.
Full textFillmore, Brett E. "An analysis of selected Department of Defense reprocurement programs for acquisition of legacy system spare parts via small manufacturers." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA342244.
Full text"December 1997." Thesis advisor(s): Kenneth J. Euske, Alan W. McMasters. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67). Also available online.
Mahalak, David Matthew. "Using Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Decision Support Systems to Conduct Analysis of Alternatives for Department of Defense Acquisition Programs." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10686509.
Full textDespite being a mandated requirement, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found a lack of guidance across the Department of Defense for conducting analysis of alternatives which contributed to significant cost, schedule, and performance problems for Defense acquisition programs. In 2008 ninety-six major weapon system programs were reviewed and findings showed cost growths of $296 billion, average program delays of twenty-two months, and the delivery of fewer systems with reduced capabilities. Without specific guidance and criteria for how analysis of alternatives should be conducted the Department of Defense will continue to struggle to make informed trade-offs and start executable programs. This praxis presents a decision support system that enables decision makers to analyze cost, schedule, and performance ratings for multi criteria decision analysis problems. The decision support system provides interactive visualization tools that allow decision makers to execute sensitivity and uncertainty analyses, analyze the decision problem from multiple stakeholder-specific viewpoints, and synthesize results in a meaningful way. Although the primary motivation of this praxis is to fill the gap identified by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the decision support system presented in this praxis can be modified and applied across multiple domains.
Bruchey, William J. "A Comparison of Earned Value and Earned Schedule Duration Forecast Methods on Department of Defense Major Defense Acquisition Programs." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17329.
Full textEarned value management is a project management tool that integrates project scope with cost, schedule, and performance elements for optimum project planning and control. Earned value management is required by the Department of Defense for cost and incentive type contracts equal or greater than $20 million as part of a comprehensive approach to improving critical acquisitions. It is used to forecast the programs schedule performance using cost-based indicators but not time-based indicators. Earned value management has been used since the early 1960s as a program management tool, but is viewed by some professionals as incomplete when predicting schedule performance values. An extension of earned value management, called earned schedule, was introduced in 2003 as a tool to more accurately estimate schedule performance using time indicators that is lacking in traditional earned value management estimates. Earned schedule uses standard earned value management performance indicator values and time-based equations to depict the schedule performance. This research project measured the accuracy of earned value and earned schedule final duration forecast methods by analyzing four U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency programs.
Sinclair, Armond E. "Achieving Program Success with Productive Outcomes: Lessons from Concurrent Engineering for United States Department of Defense Major Defense Acquisition." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1494593155068787.
Full textGarretty, Eric B. "An economic analysis of acquisition opportunities for the United States Department of Defense within the Japanese defense industrial base." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FGarretty.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Raymond E. Franck, David F. Matthews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120). Also available online.
Brown, William Andrew. "A study of the barriers to institutionalization of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the Department of Defense acquisition process." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA245368.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Lamm, David V. Second Reader: Matsushima, Rodney. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 01, 2010. DTIC Descriptor(s): Management, quality, barriers, political science, environments, detectors, acquisition, defense systems, leadership, theses, shifting, inspection, philosophy, optimization, culture, mobility, Department of Defense DTIC Identifier(s): Management planning and control, quality control, *military procurement, TQM (total quality management), *quality management, TQM, total quality management, theses Author(s) subject terms: Total quality management; DoD Acquisition System; barriers Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112). Also available in print.
Atkinson, Thomas A. "Skipping a generation of weapons system technology : the impact on the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FAtkinson.pdf.
Full textJin, Xiao Yue. "How to develop merger and acquisition market in China : standard description and developing suggestion." Thesis, University of Macau, 1998. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636232.
Full textGustin, Edward Louis. "A semantic analysis of 'get' and its acquisition by students of English in Macau : a cognitive approach." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2586626.
Full textBean, Pat. "Educational computing in secondary schools of the Cape Education Department: a research survey to assess computing facility acquisition and its utilization." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003387.
Full textNdaleni, Phumla. "Enhancing financial accountability in the acquisition of goods and services : the case of the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Safety and Liaison." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020657.
Full textCastro, Robert A. "Study on the applicability of and use of property management regulations in support of major acquisition programs in the Department of the Navy." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401302.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Yoder, E. Cory ; Lamm, David V. "December 2001." Also available in print. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).
Robbins, James F. (James Franklin). "Critical examination of a complex and critical major acquisition for the Department of Defense : the advanced medium range air-to-air missle (AMRAAM)." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12100.
Full textZhang, Tan Tan. "Sub-nano-watt subthreshold-biased source-follower-based LPF for biopotential signal acquisition systems." Thesis, University of Macau, 2010. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2182899.
Full textNombewu, Sakhiwo Bridget. "The role of the head of department in maintaining the motivation of English first additional langauge teachers teaching in educationally deprived communities." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/11887.
Full textHaycook, Margot. "Comparison of the price and volatility of current and alternative models for the acquisition of direct supply natural gas for the Department of Defense." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FHaycook.pdf.
Full textNg, Ka Ian. "The acquisition of English Wh-relative clauses by Cantonese-speaking Chinese learners of English in Macao." Thesis, University of Macau, 2009. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2456349.
Full textLo, Ka Pou. "Effects of a signing intervention on language and social development : a case study conducted in Macao." Thesis, University of Macau, 2010. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2456363.
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