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PBL in the United States Defense Sector: Progress and Prospects

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The purpose of this chapter is to describe the current state of affairs regarding PBL policy, practice, and theory in the U.S. defense sector. It highlights important aspects of PBL’s development, present status, and future directions. It identifies key policies, highlights selected PBL cases, comments on PBL’s theoretical development, and assesses the principal challenges currently facing effective implementation. As a conclusion, there is great potential for further progress by adopting a contingency approach to PBL implementation. Since most defense systems differ in significant ways (e.g., aircraft, ships, tanks, command and control systems), it follows that the acquisition strategy for each should be tailored; so, too, should the support strategy. It is possible that the DoD has placed too much policy emphasis on PBL as a “one size fits all” support approach, which has led to less than thoughtful implementation and the problems noted above. Like most other acquisition techniques, PBL correctly should be seen as one of several tools in the program manager’s kit, a tool to be used only when the circumstances are right, and then with intelligence, skill, and wisdom.

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  1. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    Janie L. Maddox, Prof. Rene G. Rendon & Prof. Keith F. Snider

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Maddox, J., Rendon, R., Snider, K. (2014). PBL in the United States Defense Sector: Progress and Prospects. In: Eßig, M., Glas, A. (eds) Performance Based Logistics. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-3726-1_13

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