The Impact of the Packard Commission's Recommendations on Reducing Cost Overruns on Defense Acquisition Contracts

Christensen, David S.; Stearle, David A.; Vickery, Caisse

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“…The Packard Commission "concluded that the primary problems with the acquisition process were the same ones identified in previous decades (cost growth, schedule delays, performance shortfalls)" (Christensen, Stearle, & Vickery, 1999, p. 251). Through their study, Christensen et al (1999) highlighted previous attempts of legislation that were not adequate in improving cost performances: "Despite the implementation of more than two dozen regulatory and administration initiatives, there has been no substantial improvement in the cost performance of defense programs for more than 30 years" (p. 252). The WSARA aimed at improving the success of major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs).…”

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Analyzing the Effects of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act

Banford¹,

Weidman²

2014

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Section: Establishing a Need For The Wsaramentioning

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Analyzing the Effects of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act

Banford¹,

Weidman²

2014

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“…Despite implementing over two dozen initiatives, no considerable progress in defense program cost performance was realized for over 30 years (Christensen, Searle, & Vickery, 1999). The recommendations did little to fundamentally change the DoD acquisition system that favored expensive, long programs, as shown in Table 1.…”

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“…With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the American public shifted its priorities to domestic issues. Multiple (Christensen, Searle, & Vickery, 1999) 5 1 | A Publication of the Defense Acquisition University www.dau.mil administrations, through the 1990s, responded to this shift in focus through force reductions, base closures, and industrial consolidation (GlobalSecurity.org, 2003).…”

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Defense Acquisition Review Journal. Volume 17, Number 1, Issue 53, January 2010

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2010

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“…Unfortunately, the changes made only marginal improvements. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Many experts continue to question why reforms were not more effective and what changes really should be made. 9 A 2011 report by one government panel claimed the existence of over three hundred reports and studies written on acquisition reform since the mid 1980's alone.…”

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Toward Agent-based Modeling of the U.S. Department of Defense Acquisition System

Schwenn

Colombi

et al. 2015

Procedia Computer Science

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The systems development, procurement and sustainment of a nation's military equipment is vital to its national interests, but the process is complex, constantly changing and highly adaptive, as well as time consuming and costly. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) expends both large amounts of capital and manpower to equip its armed forces. This research seeks to identify opportunities to gain better insight into the functioning of the defense acquisition system, building on previous simulations. A case is made that the DoD Requirements, Planning Acquisition, Technology and Logistics System is a complex adaptive system that has characteristics appropriate for exploration with agent-based modeling. This paper reviews relevant literature, existing models and presents preliminary analysis on an agent-based simulation of the DoD acquisition system. This research finds that agent-based modeling can provide insights to inform new acquisition theory.

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The Impact of the Packard Commission's Recommendations on Reducing Cost Overruns on Defense Acquisition Contracts

Cited by 16 publications

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Analyzing the Effects of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act

Analyzing the Effects of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act

Defense Acquisition Review Journal. Volume 17, Number 1, Issue 53, January 2010

Toward Agent-based Modeling of the U.S. Department of Defense Acquisition System

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