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Explore the challenges faced in project management from the viewpoint of a major equipment provider. Topics include changing threats, tempo of operations, interoperability, rising complexity, and urgent operational requirements.
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Current & Future Project Management Challenges A major equipment provider’s perspective Walt Havenstein COO, BAE Systems Plc and President & CEO, BAE Systems, Inc.
Military context • Changing threat • Tempo of operations • Interoperability • Pace of Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) • Rising complexity • Significant challenge
Through-life capability management • Approach • Coherent balance • Capability planning • Trades • Key to implementation of DIS
Implications for industry • User perspective • Re-configurable solutions • Framework for making a difference • Through-life management • Focus on fleet management in military context • Training
PM challenge of rising complexity • Size and complexity of projects • Many complex projects fail to deliver expected returns • Boundaries of project management are extending • Common capability standards for complex projects • Development of skilled project managers
PM capability LCM Framework Purpose • Systematic approach • Operational Framework • Lifecycle Management • PM Council • PM practitioners • Sharing best practices • Determining development needs • Career development LM01/00 Tailoring Mandates Lifecycle Reviews Bid Status Review Request for Bid Approval Contract Review Phase Review Design Review Roles and Responsibilities Definitions LCM Support Guides Handbooks Training LCM Configuration Control Panel
Conclusions • Context of military operations • Through-life capability management • Implications for industry • Rising complexity • PM capability