Best Practices: DOD Training Can Do More to Help Weapon System Programs Implement Best Practices : Report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. SenateThe Office, 1999 - 72 pages |
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Page 70 - August 16, 1999. Best Practices: Better Management of Technology Development Can Improve Weapon System Outcomes. GAO/NSIAB-99-162. Washington, BC: July 30, 1999. Defense Acquisitions: Best Commercial Practices Can Improve Program Outcomes. GAO/T-NSIAB-99-116. Washington, BC: March 17, 1999. Defense Acquisition: Improved Program Outcomes Are Possible. GAO/T-NSIAB-98-123. Washington, BC: March 18, 1998.
Page 67 - RDTftF, laboratories and Centers (GAO/NSIAD-96-221BR, Sept 13, 1996). Best Practices: Commercial Quality Assurance Practices Offer Improvements for POD (GAO/NSIAD-96-162, Aug. 26, 1996). Naw Financial Management Improved Management of Operating Materials and Supplies Could Yield Significant Savings (GAO/AIMD-96-94, Aug. 16, 1996). Inventory Management Adopting Best Practices Could Enhance Naw Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies and Savings (GAO/NSIAD-96-156, July 12, 1996). Defense Infrastructure...
Page 62 - The professionalism and the level of cooperation between my staff and yours are greatly appreciated and we look forward to working with your staff again in the future.
Page 54 - Act directed the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an implementation plan to streamline acquisition organizations, workforce, and infrastructure. In response, the Secretary of Defense prepared a report to Congress, "Actions to Accelerate the Movement to the New Workforce Vision,
Page 63 - Best Practices; DOD Training Can Do More to Help Weapon System Programs Implement Best Practices.
Page 62 - March 8, 2001). Best Practices: A More Constructive Test Approach Is Key to Better Weapon System Outcomes (GAO/NSIAD-00-199 July 31, 2000).
Page 22 - Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems, components and services.
Page 49 - IBM official stated that, at inception, top leaders need to provide sufficient funding for training, well-defined expectations, clear direction, oversight, continued interest, and incentives to ensure that the new practices are possible to implement. The manager for the 777 program stated that Boeing's management works in teams — a key practice. He believed that it was management's ability to lead by example that helped to prevent a return to the former functional way of operating.
Page 38 - To ensure that the training will address the needs of the program teams, the training organizations involve the staff in making important training decisions. Program staff help decide the amount of training to be provided for certain job positions, course objectives, and depth of course coverage.