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Appendix B: Defense Acquisition Notes
Appendix B: Defense Acquisition Notes
Pages 95-108
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Those challenges are realized in the various categories of data that need to be collected and managed, the domain insight required by analysts, and the complexity in communicating data findings to consumers of the analysis. As with commercial sector, an understanding of both data science and the application domain is necessary for the effective use of data, and this brief introduction illustrates the depth of understanding needed to make meaningful improvements in defense acquisition.
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1 Acquisition System: 2016 Annual Report, Washington, DC: Department of Defense. One challenge facing acquisition program managers is the management of multiple budgets, including the current budget, the requested budget, the upcoming budget, and the preparation of budgets for future years.
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for a single contract can have different line items for acquiring goods or ser vices in different categories, thus complicating data collection and analysis. ACQUISITION PROGRAMS AND CATEGORIES Programs are the mechanism by which most major acquisitions are undertaken.
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Staff Defense Acquisition Executive Office of Secretary of Defense Staff Milestone Decision Authority Staff Program Executive Officer Components Staff (Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Agencies) Program Manager/Office More Staff functional Engineers, others Prime / Sub- Contractors Industry 1 FIGURE B.3 Analysis also varies by level -- execution versus oversight.
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must conform to data definitions set by OSD in concert with the military departments, program data within each department's systems have their own data definitions that may not align with seemingly similar data in other departments, which magnifies the complexity of accessing and analyzing data across DoD. Acquisition involves three interrelated but separate systems and communities DAS: Defense Industry, Acquisition System Labs Intelligence Technology, production, Community sustainment, and disposal capabilities Acquisition (DAS)
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The interested reader is referred to Anton et TABLE B.1 Categories of Acquisition Domain Decisions and the Underlying Data and Analysis Acquisition Function Example Decision Relevant Phases of Data Life Cycle Acquisition Oversight Program satisfies Collect, manage, integrate, and analyze larger portfolio data on current operational systems needs (commodity, inventory, age, condition, capabilities) ; simulation, modeling, and analysis of missions (e.g., kill chains)
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Newberry, 2019, Assessing Department of Defense Use of Data Analytics and Enabling Data Management to Improve Acquisition Outcomes, RR3136-OSD, August, Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3136.html.
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. DoD currently identifies and tracks 14 acquisition- specific career fields that cover key roles throughout the acquisition life cycle, which differ from the formal military designators and civilian occupational series designated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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SOURCE: Department of Defense, 2019, "Defense Acquisition Workforce Key Information, Overall," briefing, Washington, DC, FY20Q3, June 30, https://www.hci.mil/docs/Workforce_Metrics/FY20Q3/FY20(Q3) OVERALLDefenseAcquisitionWorkforce(DAW)
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May employ as many civilians as professors as the Secretary considers necessary BOX B.4 Defense Acquisition University Mission and Vision Mission: Provide a global learning environment to develop qualified acquisition, requirements and contingency professionals who deliver and sustain effective and affordable warfighting capabilities. Vision: An accomplished and adaptive workforce, giving the warfighter a decisive edge.
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2019. Assessing Department of Defense Use of Data Analytics and Enabling Data Management to Improve Acquisition Outcomes.
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