Logistics Functional IPT

LOG CoP Restructure

Mr. Bill Kobren, Program Director, SustainmentMs. Jill Garcia, Knowledge Project Officer

Jun 22, 2005

Defense Acquisition University

      

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Balancing:

• Curriculum modernization• Continuous learning• Performance support• Evolving practices• Knowledge sharing /

Communities of Practice

Value – Added Contributions…Closely Linked to Achieving Senior Leadership Goals

Creating an environment where we learn Before, During, and After the training intervention…

Creating a Strategic Learning Environment is at the Heart of DAU…

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Acquisition Community Connection Acquisition Community Connection (ACC)(ACC)

• Ten Communities of Practice Ten Communities of Practice + + 18 Other Special Interest Other Special Interest AreasAreas• Data Management• Facilities Engineering• Mission Support Contracting• Systems Engineering• DoD Wireless• Information Technology• Program Management• Risk Management• Earned Value Management• Logistics Management

• Logistics Management Logistics Management Community of Practice (Log Community of Practice (Log CoP)CoP)• Policy & Guidance• Capabilities/Requirements• Support Strategies• Design Interface• Sustainment• Tools• Training Center• Log Community Connection

https://acc.dau.milhttps://acc.dau.mil

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Where YOU can ….Where YOU can ….

Find Great Tools & Templates• Access Latest PBL Resources• Supportability Best Practices• Logistics Lessons Learned• Sustainment Issues and Initiatives

Get Ahead In YOUR Career• Logistics Training & Education• Latest OSD Policy and Direction• Logistics Conferences/Events• Link to Top DoD Web sites

Connect With Professionals• Share Experiences & Ideas• Start and Join Discussions• Locate DoD & Industry Experts

Logistics Management Logistics Management Community of Practice (Log CoP)Community of Practice (Log CoP)

https://acc.dau.milhttps://acc.dau.mil

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A Remarkable Success StoryA Remarkable Success Story

• Expanded Rapidly Since July 2003 Launch

• Over 325,000 hits in last year alone

• Most highly visited of 10 CoPs on ACC site– Surpassed next most visited CoP (Contracting) by 95,000

• Averaging over 1000 hits per day last three months

• LOG CoP often comes up in top three of Google search results

• We’re up to 1273 Knowledge Objects posted

• Aggressively Incorporating ACC/AKSS Resources into Courses

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Issues and ConcernsIssues and Concerns

• In Danger Of Becoming a Victim of Our Own Success– Existing Taxonomy Does Not Support Expanded Scope or

Evolving Focus of LOG CoP– Site Becoming Unwieldy & Difficult to Navigate– Not Inherently Obvious Where Specific Information Resides

• Search Feature Needs Improvement

• Not as Interactive as Originally Envisioned (i.e. Member Postings, Community Meetings, Discussion Threads, etc)

Taxonomy Restructuring Became Increasingly Necessary

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TaxonomyTaxonomy

• What is a taxonomy?What is a taxonomy? – Greek taxis, arrangement; see taxis + -nomie, method (from

Greek -nomi . See -nomy).]– DAU Directive 709 defines taxonomy as “A conceptual, multi-

leveled structure of topics used to organize DAU’s digital and human resources”  

•  Why should you care?– Vast amount of information now available; more added daily– Workforce needs to easily and quickly find what they’re looking

for– More effective and intuitive navigation tools & capability are

vital– Productivity impacted if users cannot find (or must recreate)

information– Better resource description = better navigation & discovery

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Biological taxonomy place an organism in one and only one place.

Biological taxonomy place an organism in one and only one place.

Taxonomy- Systematic

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

AnimaliaChordata

MammaliaCarnivora

CanidaeCanis

C. familiari

Linnaeus …

Pets

Dogs

Farm Animals

Mammals

But most of the time things belong to more than one category.

But most of the time things belong to more than one category.

PragmaticPragmatic

Taxonomy Strategies LLC The business of organized information

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Action PlanAction Plan

• Increase Community Member Participation• Conduct Regular Community Meetings Focused on Topics of Interest –

Creates a Sense of Community & Networking Opportunities For Members• Conduct Pre-scheduled Online Discussions Forums on Topics of Interest –

Creates Opportunity for Conversation within the Community

• Improve Search Engine Functionality

• Taxonomy Restructure & Functional Improvements• Expanded Scope of Materials• Improved Navigation and Ease of Access to Materials• Multiple Paths to Same Resources• Transition Without Disrupting Regular Users’ Bookmarks• Closer Integration with Defense Acquisition Guidebook• New Alphabetical "Logistics Library" with Direct Access to Materials• New Streamlined, Visually Appealing Home Page• Subtly Emphasizes Ties Between Logistics & Systems Engineering • Increased Emphasis on Acquisition Logistics, PBL & Log Transformation

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New LOG CoP Home Page New LOG CoP Home Page GraphicGraphic

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Activities to-DateActivities to-Date

• Home Page Design Completed

• Functional Advisor (FA) Approval

• Draft Taxonomy Restructure Completed; 345 Topics in Nine Top Level Groups

• Life Cycle Logistics Policy & Guidance • Acquisition Logistics • Performance Based Logistics (PBL) • Sustainment • Logistics Transformation• Logistics Library• Resources & Tools • Training Center • Community Connection

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• Expanded Scope– Policy & Guidance– Sustainment– Resources & Tools– Training Center– Community Connection

• Greater Emphasis/New Topic Areas – Acquisition Logistics– Performance Based Logistics (PBL)– Logistics Transformation – Logistics Library

• Existing Topics Consolidated within Other Areas– Capabilities & Requirements– Support Strategies– Design Interface

How Do The Topic Areas Change?How Do The Topic Areas Change?

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Road AheadRoad Ahead

Making an Important Logistics Resource Even Better Making an Important Logistics Resource Even Better

• Brief FIPT – Jun 05

• Finalize Lower Tier Taxonomy & Integrate into Broader DAU-wide Functional Taxonomy Review – Jun 05

• Migrate Existing Content/ Create New Content (offline) – Jul-Sep 05

• Deploy New Site –1 Oct 05

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BACKUP SLIDES

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How Do The Topic Areas How Do The Topic Areas Change?Change?

Expanded ScopePolicy & Guidance Policy & Guidance

Sustainment Sustainment

Tools Resources & Tools

Training Center Training Center

Community Connection Community Connection

Increased Emphasis/ New

Acquisition Logistics

Performance Based Logistics

Logistics Transformation

Logistics Library

Existing Topics to be Consolidated within Other Areas

Capabilities & Requirements

Support Strategies

Design Interface

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Tier 3 TopicsTier 3 Topics

• Policy & Guidance • Law• DoD• Air Force• Army• Navy/USMC

• Acquisition Logistics • Logistics Capabilities Identification & Requirements

Development• Logistics Design Influence • Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability (RM&S)• Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Elements• Logistics Capability Enhancement Strategies & Tools • Life Cycle Cost (LCC)• Commercial Item Support• Joint & International Program Logistics• Logistics Test and Evaluation• Emerging Concepts

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Tier 3 Topics (Continued)Tier 3 Topics (Continued)

• Performance Based Logistics (PBL) • PBL 12 Step Implementation Model• Contracting for PBL • PBL Funding Strategies• Business Case Analysis (BCA) and Strategy Analysis• PBL Incentives• PBL Metrics• Budgeting and Funding Sources for Life Cycle

Support• Product Support Integrator (PSI)• Public Private Partnering (PPP)• Workload Allocation Strategy• Performance Based Agreements (PBA)• PBL Policy, Guidance and Statutory Requirements• PBL Training and Roadshows

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Tier 3 Topics (Continued)Tier 3 Topics (Continued)

• Sustainment • Supply Chain Management• Maintenance• Transportation/Distribution• Technical Data/Data Management• Sustaining Engineering• Configuration Management• Manpower, Personnel, and Training• Support and Test Equipment• Obsolescence and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and

Material Shortages (DMSMS)• Retirement and Disposal• Operational Logistics• Defense Acquisition Executive Summary – Sustainment

(DAES-S)• Other Sustainment Considerations

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Tier 3 Topics (Continued)Tier 3 Topics (Continued)

• Logistics Transformation• Focused Logistics • Sense and Respond Logistics• Force-Centric Logistics Enterprise • Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM)• Logistics Human Capital Strategic Planning• Accelerated Acquisition & Deployment• Continuous Process Improvement (CPI)/ Lean/Six-

Sigma

• Logistics Library

• Training Center • Logistics DAWIA Certification• DAU Campuses and Regions• Logistics Basics• Logistics Training Opportunities• DAU Logistics Continuous Learning (CL) Modules

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Tier 3 Topics (Continued)Tier 3 Topics (Continued)

• Resources & Tools – Acquisition Phase View (Linked to DAG)– PBL Implementation Toolkit (Linked to PBL)– PBL Training and Roadshows (Link to PBL)– TLCSM “Designing for Support Guide” (linked to

Transformation)– PBL “PBL Guide” (linked to Transformation)– Enterprise Integration (ERP) Linked to OSD LSM)– Capability Enhancement Strategies & Tools (linked to Acq

Log)– Interactive Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR)

Timeline– Independent Logistics Assessment (ILA) (linked to Acq Log)– Life Cycle Cost (linked from Acq Log)– Post-Production Support (linked to Sustainment)– RM&S (linked from Acq Log section)– Risk Management (linked to SE CoP)– Standards and Standardization– Support Planning and Supportability Analysis (linked to

Acq Log)– LOGSA Tool Set– DAG Tool Set (Linked to LCL Tools and References, Sec 5.5)– Links to each service Knowledge on Line/Portal– DAU Communities of Practice (Links to each)– DAU Special Interest Areas (Links to each)

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Tier 3 Topics (Continued)Tier 3 Topics (Continued)

• Community Connection • Meet the Community• News and Events • Professional Associations• Logistics Conferences & Meetings• LOG FIPT Meetings• Training & Education Roundtable Meetings• PBL Tiger Team Meetings