DOD BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION: Important Management Controls Being Implemented on Major Navy Program, but Improvements Needed in Key Areas

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Abstract:

The Department of Defense (DOD) has long been challenged in implementing key information technology (IT) management controls on its thousands of business system investments. For this and other reasons, GAO has designated DODs business systems modernization efforts as high-risk. One of the larger business system investments is the Department of the Navy's Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP) program. Initiated in 2003, the program is to standardize the Navy's business processes, such as acquisition and financial management. It is being delivered in increments, the first of which is to cost about $2.4 billion over its useful life and be fully deployed in fiscal year 2013. GAO was asked to determine whether key IT management controls are being implemented on the program. To do this, GAO analyzed, for example, requirements management, economic justification, earned value management, and risk management.

Author(s):
Hite, Randolph C
Author Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office
Funding Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office, Washington , DC
Document Type:
Technical Report/Congressional Report
Publication Date:
2008 Sep 01
Pagination:
67

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A - Approved For Public Release
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Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Engineered Resilient Systems
Descriptor(s):
test and evaluation, economic analysis, personnel management, cost analysis, information systems, business administration, cost estimates, best practices, cost overruns, department of defense, management personnel, risk analysis, risk management, technical standards, acquisition, cost reductions, deployment
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Military Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Nov 28
Update Date:
2023 Feb 15