6th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Presentations and Papers Print E-mail
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

8:30am – 10:30am    Panel 1 - Plenary Panel - National Security Acquisition Agenda for the New Administration

Chair: Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Director, Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise, University of Maryland; former Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-055.pdf

Discussants:

Lieutenant General Ross Thompson III, US Army, Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)

Dr. Nancy Spruill, Director, Acquisition Resources & Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-056.pdf

Ms. Susan L. Cote, Vice President, Corporate Contracts, Pricing & Supply Chain, Northrop Grumman Corporation

10:45am – 12:15pm    Panel 2 - Advances in Resource Decision-Making

Chair: Joseph L. Yakovac, Jr., LTG, USA, (ret.), Naval Postgraduate School; former Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)

Discussant: Paul L. Francis, Managing Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office

The Economic Evaluation of Alternatives (EEoA): Rethinking the application of Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Multi-criteria Decision-making (MCDM) and the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in Defense Procurement

Francois Melese, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-057.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-012.pdf

Programmatic Complexity & Interdependence: New Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand

Robert Flowe, Software Engineering and Systems Assurance, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-058.pdf

10:45am – 12:15pm    Panel 3 - Acquisition Management of Systems of Systems

Chair: Reuben Pitts III, President, Lyceum Consulting, LLC

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-059.pdf

Discussant:  Colonel Raymond D. Jones, U.S. Army, Program Manager, Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Station, Joint Tactical Radio System

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-060.pdf

Acquisition Management for Systems-of-Systems: Exploratory Model Development and Experimentation

Daniel DeLaurentis and Muharrem Mane, Purdue University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-061.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-013.pdf

Acquisition of Capabilities through Systems-of-Systems: Case Studies and Lessons from Naval Aviation

Michael Pryce, Manchester Business School

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-014.pdf

10:45am – 12:15pm    Panel 4 - Search and Storage Techniques for Enabling Software Reuse

Chair: Carl R. Siel, Jr., Chief Engineer of the Navy; Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition)

Discussant: Nickolas Guertin, Director, Open Architecture, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems

Ontology-based Solutions for Software Reuse

Jean Johnson and Curtis Blais, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-062.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-015.pdf

ReSEARCH 2: Building the Requirements Search Engine

Craig Martell, Paige Adams, Grant Gehrke, Ralucca Gera, Marco Draeger, and Kevin Squire, Naval Postgraduate School and Pranav Anand, University of California, Santa Cruz

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-063.pdf

1:30pm – 3:00pm    Panel 5 - Assessing System Maturity

Chair: Rear Admiral William E. Landay, III, US Navy, Program Executive Officer SHIPS

Using A System Maturity Index to Monitor and Evaluate the Development of Systems

Brian Sauser, Romulo Magnaye and Jose Ramirez-Marquez, Stevens Institute of Technology

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-064.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-017.pdf

Dynamic Multipoint Optimization Application to Corporate Portfolio Management

Robert Cuellar, DoD, and Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-065.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-018.pdf

Implementation of a Methodology Supporting a Comprehensive System-of-systems Maturity Analysis for Use by the Littoral Combat Ship Mission Module Program

Eric Forbes, Richard Volkert, Peter Gentile and Ken Michaud, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-066.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-019.pdf

1:30pm – 3:00pm    Panel 6 - Resourcing Strategies in System Life Cycle Management

Chair: Lorna Estep, Executive Director, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command

Discussant:  Stan Soloway, President, Professional Services Council; former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform)

Achieving Performance-based Lifecycle Management

Louis Kratz and Bradd Buckingham, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-067.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-020.pdf

The Logistics Support Resource Strategy Map:  A Design and Assessment Tool

John Dillard, Naval Postgraduate School, and David Ford, Texas A&M University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-068.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-021.pdf

Logistics Support Design and Assessment Tool Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/Ford_Dillard_LogSptStratRscMap_05-09.xls

1:30pm – 3:00pm    Panel 7 - Testing Considerations for Reuse of Weapons System Components

Chair:  William M. Johnson, Principal, WMJ Associates LLC

Discussant:  Mark Wessman, CAPT, US Navy (ret.), President, Wessman Consultancy Group, Inc.

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-069.pdf

How to Check If It Is Safe Not To Retest a Component

Valdis Berzins and Paul Dailey, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-070.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-022.pdf

Mathematical Modeling for Optimal System Testing under Fixed-cost Constraint

Karl Pfeiffer, Valery Kanevsky and Thomas Housel, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-071.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-023.pdf

3:15pm – 5:00pm    Panel 21 - Trends in Contracting Workforce Dynamics

Chair: Jeffrey P. Parsons, Executive Director, Army  Contracting Command, US Army Material Command

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-072.pdf

Managing the Services Supply Chain in the Department of Defense: An Empirical Study of Current Management Practices

Aruna Apte, Uday Apte and Rene Rendon, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-073.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-047.pdf

Contract Management Process Maturity:  Analysis of Recent Organizational Assessments

Rene Rendon, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-074.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-048.pdf

Army Contracting Command Demographics

David Lamm and Timothy Reed, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-075.pdf

3:15pm – 5:00pm    Panel 9 - Acquisition Challenges in the United Kingdom

Critical defence acquisition issues confronting the UK were discussed. Some of these topics echo challenges facing the US and other countries.

Chair: David Moore, Director, Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-076.pdf

Panelists:

Stuart Young, Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University

Pete Ito, Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-077.pdf

Innovative UK Approaches to Acquisition Management

David Moore, Stuart Young and Pete Ito, Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-024.pdf

3:15pm – 5:00pm    Panel 10 - Implementing Open Architecture in Weapons System Development

Chair: William P. Bray, Director, Integrated Combat Systems, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-078.pdf

Discussant: Victor Gavin, Executive Director, PEO Littoral and Mine Warfare

Application of Model-based Systems Engineering Methods to Development of Combat System Architectures

Mike Green, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-079.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-025.pdf

Software Licenses, Open Source Components, and Open Architectures

Thomas Alspaugh, Hazeline Asuncion and Walt Scacchi, University of California, Irvine

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-080.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-026.pdf

Thursday, May 14, 2009

8:00am – 9:30am    Plenary Panel – Perspectives on Defense Acquisition & Procurement Policy in Transition

Chair: Dr. Douglas A. Brook, Director, Center for Defense Management Research, Naval Postgraduate School; former Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

An Examination of the Institutional Factors that Result in Cost Growth in Defense Acquisition

Mr. Philip J. Candreva , Senior Lecturer of Budgeting, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-081.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-045.pdf

An Assessment of DOD's Acquisition Outcomes, Initiatives for Change, and Future Challenges

Mr. Michael J. Sullivan, Director, Acquisition & Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-082.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09326sp.pdf

"When Instructions Provide Too Much Flexibility, Establish Rules"

Mr. J. David Patterson, Executive Director, National Defense Business Institute, University of Tennessee; former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-083.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-046.pdf

9:40am – 11:10am    Panel 11 - Lead Systems Integrators: Challenges and Prospects

Chair: James E. Thomsen, Principal Civilian Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition)

Discussant: Lenn Vincent, RADM, USN, (ret.), Industry Chair, Defense Acquisition University

The Role of Lead System Integrator

Jacques Gansler, William Lucyshyn and Adam Spiers, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-084.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-027.pdf

Organizing for a Complex World:  The Way Ahead

David J. Berteau, Senior Adviser and Director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-085.pdf

9:40am – 11:10am    Panel 12 - Utilization of Award Fees, Incentives and Other Transaction Authority in DoD Contracting

Chair: Steve Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Effect of Information and Decision-making on DoD Performance Incentives and Award Fees

Gregory Hildebrandt, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-086.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-028.pdf

Incentive Arrangements for Space Acquisitions

James Gill, Space & Missile Systems Center

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-087.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-029.pdf

Injecting New Ideas and New Approaches in Defense Systems: Are “Other Transactions” an Answer

Richard Dunn, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-088.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-030.pdf

9:40am – 11:10am    Panel 13 - Policy, Governance and Performance Management in a Service Oriented Architecture Environment

Chair: Christopher A. Miller, Program Executive Officer, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-089.pdf

Discussant: Michael B. Dettman, PEO C4I Associate Technical Director, Policy & Guidance, SPAWAR SSC Pacific Engineering

Outcome-driven Provider Performance under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty

Kevin Buck and Diane Hanf, The MITRE Corporation

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-090.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-031.pdf

Aligning Acquisition Practice with Netcentricity Policy

Lloyd Brodsky, CSC

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-091.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-032.pdf

11:20am – 12:50pm    Panel 14 - Tools for Acquisition Program Design

Chair: Mark D. Rocke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Strategic Communications & Business Transformation)

Discussant: Keith E. Seaman, Director, Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-092.pdf

Acquisition Strategies to Deal with Uncertainty

Renee Stevens, Margaret King and Marc Halley, The MITRE  Corporation

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-093.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-033.pdf

Simulation-based Decision Support for Acquisition Policy and Process Design: The Effect of System and Enterprise Characteristics on Acquisition Outcomes

Doug Bodner, Robert Smith and Bill Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-094.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-034.pdf

11:20am – 12:50pm    Panel 15 - Costing Dimensions of Defense Acquisition Programs

Chair: Daniel Nussbaum, Naval Postgraduate School, former Director, Naval Center for Cost Analysis

Discussant: Richard L. Coleman, CAPT, USN (ret), Director, Cost and Price Analysis Center for Excellence, Northrop Grumman Information  Systems

Improved Methodology for Developing Cost Uncertainty Models for Naval Vessels

Cinda Brown, Class Squadron, LSD/LPD-17

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-095.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-035.pdf

Transactions Cost from a Program Manager's Perspective

Diana Angelis, John Dillard, Raymond Franck and Francois Melese, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-096.pdf

11:20am – 12:50pm    Panel 16 - Implementing an Open Architecture Strategy at the Program Management Level

Chair: Captain Brian Gannon, US Navy, Program Manager, Naval Open Architecture, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems

Discussant:  James Wolfe, Head, Strategic and Weapon Control Systems Dept, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren

Facilitating Decision-making, Re-use and Collaboration: A Knowledge Management Approach to Acquisition Program Self-awareness

John Robey and Chris Odell, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-097.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-037.pdf

Effective Programmatic Software Safety Strategy for US Navy Gun System Acquisition Programs

MAJ Joey Rivera, US Army, US Pacific Command, J63, Luqi, and Valdis Berzins, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-098.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-038.pdf

1:50pm – 3:20pm    Panel 17 - The Evolving International Industrial Base

Chair: Pierre A. Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors

Discussant: John Birkler, Senior Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation

The Role of Trans-Atlantic Defense Alliances in a Globalizing World

Nayantara Hensel, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-099.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-039.pdf

New Patterns of Collaboration and Rivalry in the US and European Defense and Aerospace Industries

Raymond Franck and Ira Lewis, Naval Postgraduate School and Bernard Udis, University of Colorado, Boulder

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-100.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-040.pdf

1:50pm – 3:20pm    Panel 18 - Bid Protests: Causes, Trends, and Containment Strategies

Chair: G. Fred Thompson, Goudy Professor of Public Management & Policy Analysis, Williamette University

Discussant: David M. Van Slyke, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University

Bid Protests: Analyzing Recent Trends

William Lucyshyn, Jacques Gansler and Michael Arendt, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-101.pdf

Innovations in Defense Acquisition: Asymmetric Information and Mechanism Design

William Gates and Peter Coughlin, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-102.pdf

1:50pm – 3:20pm    Panel 19 - Evolutionary Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems

Chair: Captain Al Grecco, US Navy, Program Manager, Combat Systems, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems

Application of Real Option Theory to Software-Intensive System Acquisition

Capt. Albert Olagbemiro, US Air Force (Reserve)Man-Tak Shing and Johnathan Mun, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-103.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-042.pdf

Modeling Open Architecture and Evolutionary Acquisition: Implementation Lessons from the ARCI Program for the Rapid Capability Insertion Process

David Ford, Texas A&M University and John Dillard, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-104.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-043.pdf

Supply Chain Planning with Incremental Development, Modular Design and Evolutionary Updates

Marie Bussiere, Betty Jester and Manbir Sodhi, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-105.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-044.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 22 - Assessing Collaborative Capacity and Collaborating in the Acquisition Domain

Chair: James T. Simpson, Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-106.pdf

Discussant:  Michael Schwind, Vice President, Maritime Solutions Sector, Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-107.pdf

UK Defence Acquisition Process for NEC: Transaction Governance within an Integrated Project Team

Ermias Kebede, Eunic Maytorena, David Lowe and Graham Winch, Manchester Business School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-108.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-050.pdf

The Theory and Measurement of Interorganizational Collaborative Capacity in the Acquisition and Contracting Context

Erik Jansen, Susan Hocevar, Rene Rendon and Gail Thomas, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-109.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2009/NPS-AM-09-051.pdf

 
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