Informing DoD Program Planning Through the Examination of the Causes of Delays in Acquisition Using Acquisition Data

Abstract

This research has two objectives. First, using DoD acquisition data, the study details the process developed to mine, convert, and use DoD acquisition schedule data, including a discussion on how the data was refined. Part of this effort was an identification of the factors that caused delays. This data is used to describe a method for project managers to use in their project planning process.