Acquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change. Proceedings of the Annual Acquisition Research Symposium (5th) Held in Monterey, California on 14-15 May 2008

Download or read book Acquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change. Proceedings of the Annual Acquisition Research Symposium (5th) Held in Monterey, California on 14-15 May 2008 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symposium consisted of 10 Panel Sessions. Session topics and papers pertaining to each topic follow: Panel 1. Maintaining Competition in Defense Acquisition. Panel 2. Acquisition Portfolio Management - Gap Analysis: Rethinking the Conceptual Foundations. Panel 3. Implications of Defense Industry Consolidation - Market Dominance, Efficiency, Innovation, and Globalization: A Case Study of the Tanker Competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS; The Changing Shape of the Defense Industry and Implications for Defense Acquisitions and Policy. Panel 4. Spiral Development in Major Defense Acquisition Programs - Modeling the Integration of Open Systems and Evolutionary Acquisition in DoD Programs. Panel 5. Technology Maturity Considerations in Defense Acquisition - The Costs and Risks of Maturing Technologies, Traditionally vs. Evolutionary Approaches; System Maturity Indices for Decision Support in the Defense Acquisition Process. Panel 6. Developments in Support of Open Architecture & Service-oriented Architecture Initiatives - Which Unchanged Components to Retest after a Technology Upgrade. Panel 7. Considerations for Controlling Lifecycle Costs - Striker Suitability Challenges in a Complex Threat Environment. Panel 8. Advances in Acquisition Project Management - Defense Acquisition Management for Systems-of-systems. Panel 9. Implementing Open Architecture and Software Strategies in the DoD - SHARE Repository Framework: Component Specification and Ontology; ReSEARCH: A Requirements Search Engine; Emerging Issues in the Acquisition of Open Source Software within the US Department of Defense. Panel 10. Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management & 3-D Visualization Tools: Implications for the SHIPMAIN Process.