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Project Title:
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Improving Processes and Policies for the Acquisition and Test of Information Technologies in the Department of Defense
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PIN:
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CSTB-L-07-01-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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Computer Science & Telecommuncations Board
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RSO:
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Eisenberg, Jon
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Project Scope
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This study will bring together defense and defense industry experts in acquisition and test and evaluation (T&E); commercial software developers; and software engineers, computer scientists and other academic researchers to assess the efficacy of the DoD acquisition and T&E processes as specifically applied to information technology. Through briefings, site visits, and committee deliberations, the study committee will:
( 1) Evaluate legislative requirements for acquisition and T&E and the current DoD acquisition process (as defined in the "DoD 5000 series") to determine whether the law and the defined processes permit enough flexibility to rapidly bring capabilities to users;
(2) Examine the processes and capabilities of the commercial IT sector to determine whether industry best practices can be adopted by DoD to improve the acquisition, systems engineering, and T&E process;
(3) Examine the Department's various concepts for systems engineering and testing in virtual environments, and make recommendations for how to integrate them into a cohesive, efficient, and robust capability;
(4) Examine the DOD acquisition environment, including its institutional and cultural dimensions, for barriers that inhibit program managers/acquisition executives from taking advantage of existing flexibility in law and defined processes and recommend solutions; and
(5) Make recommendations to responsible agency, executive branch and legislative officials, about how to improve the acquisition, systems engineering, and T&E processes to achieve the Department's net-centric goals.
This project is sponsored by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
The approximate start date for this project is October 1, 2007.
A report will be issued at the end of the project in approximately 24 months.
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Project Duration:
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24 months
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