Download or read book The Role of Specifications and Standards in the Department of Defense Acquisition Process written by Mark L. Konetski and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the role of the nongovernment standards setting bodies and the Department of Defense in the standards setting process, and; current DoD initiatives to streamline the acquisition process via more efficient selection and application of standards and specifications. Discussions and analyses were conducted in the areas of private standards setting organizations, motives for developing and using standards, various types of standards, and some problems encountered regarding the use or non-use of standards. Attention was focused on Department of Defense (DoD) policies and procedures for the development and adoption of standards and specifications and methods of interacting with nongovernment standards setting organizations. Specific examples were discussed regarding specification and standardization problems in the DoD followed by review of the DoD's Streamlining Initiative. Conclusions reached were: Methods used by the DoD to develop, write, and adopt standards and specifications were undecipherable from current literature; DoD specifications and standards are applied in a haphazard manner, and; The Streamlining Initiative is a successful step in solving some of the DoD's problems with over specification.
Download or read book Application of Specifications Standards and Related Documents in the Acquisition Process written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Acquisition Reform on Department of Defense Specifications and Standards for Materials and Processes Report of the Workshop on Technical Strategies for Adoption of Commercial Materials and Processing Standards in Defense Procurement October written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U S Air Force written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Air Force has experienced many acquisition program failures - cost overruns, schedule delays, system performance problems, and sustainability concerns - over program lifetimes. A key contributing factor is the lack of sufficient technical knowledge within the Air Force concerning the systems being acquired to ensure success. To examine this issue, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition requested that the Air Force Studies Board of the National Research Council undertake a workshop to identify the essential elements of the technical baseline - data and information to establish, trade-off, verify, change, accept, and sustain functional capabilities, design characteristics, affordability, schedule, and quantified performance parameters at the chosen level of the system hierarchy - that would benefit from realignment under Air Force or government ownership, and the value to the Air Force of regaining ownership under its design capture process of the future. Over the course of three workshops from November 2014 through January 2015, presenters and participants identified the barriers that must be addressed for the Air Force to regain technical baseline control to include workforce, policy and process, funding, culture, contracts, and other factors and provided a terms of reference for a possible follow-on study to explore the issues and make recommendations required to implement and institutionalize the technical baseline concept. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force summarizes the presentations and discussion of the three workshops.
Download or read book Department of Defense Specifications Development Guide history Purpose Disciplines Techniques written by William H. Puryear and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Acquisition Reform on Department of Defense Specifications and Standards for Materials and Processes written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Workshop on Technical Strategies for Adoption of Commercial Standards in Defense Procurement and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acquisition Review Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Standardization and Specification Program written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of Acquisition Reform on Department of Defense Specifications and Standards for Materials and Processes written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense and Service Requirements for Human Factors R D in the Military System Acquisition Process written by Harold E. Price and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research note presents a thorough analysis of Department of Defense and service-level policy requirements for human factors in the military system acquisition process. It is intended as a companion document to ARI Technical Report No. 476, and as such provides detailed indoctrination into both the system development process and human factors R & D. It will be particularly useful to those who require a greater understanding of this process. Beginning with an explanation of each system development phase, human factors R & D requirements are then integrated into the system development framework. This is accomplished through direct referral to Department of Defense Directives, Specifications, and Standards. Recognizing that differences occur in Army, Navy, and Air Force implementation of human factors R & D, formal service documentation is presented for human factors in each phase of system development. These documents include service regulations and instructions. Formal service documentation provides only that human factors requirements be implemented, while not setting forth a particular implementation plan. Informal service documentation is presented to illustrate the processes by which human factors is implemented in system development programs initiated by each service. (Author).
Download or read book Embracing World Class Standards written by Paul Kaminski and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have made some significant progress on the first prong. We have achieved great success in incentivizing the use of non-Government standards on our new contracts. As I said earlier, we have done this by requiring that waivers must first be obtained in cases where military or federal specifications or standards are deemed to be necessary. And even in cases where military or federal specifications or standards are approved, the solicitation will typically contain language encouraging offerors to propose alternatives. From an incentives standpoint, the "shoe is on the other foot" each time we write a new contract. In those cases when requirements are uniquely military and there is no comparable industry standard, the Department is using, wherever it is possible, performance-based specifications rather than "build to" specifications. Performance- based specifications focus on what performance is expected, and do not describe how to accomplish the task. When written properly, these documents promote competition and enhance quality, reliability, and supportability by providing our suppliers with the greatest possible latitude for innovation. We have adjusted the training curricula of the schools in the Defense Acquisition University consortium to make sure the new policies are understood by our acquisition workforce, and put into action. In addition, every military specification and standard in the DoD Index - over 30,000 documents - has been screened with a view towards cancellation, inactivation, or replacement with a performance specification, non- Government standard, or guidance handbook. To date, over 4,000 military specifications and standards have been canceled or inactivated. We are beginning to see the benefits of these MILSPEC reforms.
Download or read book Appendix D to the Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Acquisition Reform Phase II written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Defense Acquisition Reform (Phase II) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Procurement Process written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performance Specification Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 29, 1994, the Secretary of Defense directed sweeping reform of military specifications and standards. The Secretary directed the Department of Defense to make greater use of performance and commercial requirements in the acquisition process. Performance specifications are preferred over detail specifications. This document offers guidance on how to write performance specifications. The information is applicable to all types of materiel: systems, subsystems, assemblies, components, and parts. It is not meant to be a "cookbook" approach to developing performance specifications, but a guidance tool to provide direction and to shape the overall thought process. (KAR) P. 2.
Download or read book An Assessment of the Implementation of the Single Process Initiative by the Department of Defense written by Bradley A. Bergan and published by . This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One tenet of acquisition reform is to reduce the number of military specifications and standards contained in Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and to allow contractors the opportunity to use their own best practices to satisfy contractual requirements. The Single Process initiative (SPI) is DoD's effort to incorporate this policy into existing contracts, via a streamlined process. The SPI process supports the elimination or replacement of existing military specifications and standards with industry-wide practices and promotes the use of single manufacturing and management processes within a contractor facility. This thesis uses the results from 43 surveys of Government and industry participants in SPI to examine the extent to which SPI has been successful in promoting the use of single manufacturing and management processes at contractor facilities.
Download or read book How to Obtain Specifications and Standards from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point written by United States. Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weapons Acquisition DoD Should Strengthen Policies for Assessing Technical Data Needs to Support Weapon Systems written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army and the Air Force have encountered limitations in their sustainment plans for some fielded weapon systems because they lacked needed technical data rights. The lack of technical data rights has limited the services flexibility to make changes to sustainment plans that are aimed at achieving cost savings and meeting legislative requirements regarding depot maintenance capabilities. During our review we identified seven Army and Air Force weapon system programs where these military services encountered limitations in implementing revisions to sustainment plans C-17 aircraft, F-22 aircraft, C-130J aircraft, Up-armored High- Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Stryker family of vehicles, Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, and M4 carbine. Although the circumstances surrounding each case were unique, earlier decisions made on technical data rights during system acquisition were cited as a primary reason for the limitations subsequently encountered. As a result of the limitations encountered due to the lack of technical data rights, the services had to alter their plans for developing maintenance capability at public depots, new sources of supply to increase production, or competitive offers for the acquisition of spare parts and components to reduce sustainment costs. For example, the Air Force identified a need to develop a capability to perform maintenance on the C-17 at government depots but lacked the requisite technical data rights. Consequently, the Air Force is seeking to form partnerships with C-17 subvendors to develop its depot maintenance capability. Its efforts to form these partnerships have had mixed results, according to Air Force officials, because some sub-vendors have declined to provide the needed technical data.
