Discussion Post

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Your reading requirements and collaboration with others in the discussion is designed to expose you to the program management process employed throughout the Department of Defense today. After gaining a better understanding of Program management history, roles, responsibilities, and authority of a program manager, you will be able to answer the first discussion question:

What would necessitate the Department of Defense (DoD) to have a structured, regulated, and robust acquisition system?

Now, if you are now familiar with NCMA, you should be. Take a quick look at this Youtube video. It does run 22 minutes and give you valuable insights into what is the NCMA. Enjoy. You might find some interesting ideas to help answer this question for this week’s Discussion or a new direction to think.