ARJ 105

In this issue: From the Chairman and Executive Editor

Dr. Larrie Ferreiro

Deconstructing the Software Factory: A Practical Application of Interorganizational Network Analysis

Capt Zachary O. Ryan, USAF, Mark G. Reith, and Lt Col Clay M. Koschnick, USAF

This article shows how network analysis can be used to understand and visualize the interorganizational networks of nontraditional DoD software organizations. The authors present a network analysis technique, ION-A, that captures economic and social relationships through the observation of exchanges and applies them in a case history analysis of a DoD software factory.

Frustrated with Obsolescence—Try Changing Your Mental Model

Matthew D. Chellin and Erika E. Miller

A change in the mental model from reactive obsolescence management to risk-based proactive obsolescence management decreases the obsolescence risk of a system. The latter model serves as an insulator of supply shock and helps to achieve shorter schedules, lower costs, and higher availability of system components for the sustainment of C5ISR systems. 

Cost Overrun Optimism: Fact or Fiction?

Maj David D. Christensen, USAF (Ret.)

This article examines cost overrun data on 64 completed acquisition contracts. The results reveal excessively optimistic overrun projections throughout the life of the examined contracts despite project type and the military services managing the contracts.

Research Agenda         

 

Professional Reading List         
Leading With AI and Analytics: Build Your Data Science IQ to Drive Business Value
by Eric Anderson and Florian Zettelmeyer and reviewed by Phillip Broyles

Current Research Resources in Defense Acquisition 

Leading Change

Curated by the DAU Research Center and the DAU Virtual Research Library
 

Remembering Greg Caruth    

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