Accession Number:

AD1016013

Title:

Marching an Army Acquisition Program Toward Success

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

Defense Acquisition University Washington United States

Personal Author(s):

• Grauel,David W.
• Malone,Vincent F.
• Wygal,William R.

Report Date:

2012-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Negative headlines are rarely balanced with news of successful Army acquisition programs. The Army has hundreds of acquisition programs, many of which are successful. As students at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces ICAF, we conducted a research project to assess successful Army acquisition programs in order to identify characteristics that led to their success. Our findings can be adopted by other program teams, within the current acquisition construct, to improve their likelihood of success.

Descriptors:

• acquisition
• program management
• requirements
• leadership
• production
• industries
• planning
• strategy
• teams(personnel)
• skills
• personnel management

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE