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Improving Defense Acquisition Workforce Capability in Data Use: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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... To move toward more data-driven decision-making within the defense acquisition workforce, DoD seeks to identify necessary data science skills, options for training, and models for building teams with enhanced data capabilities. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics (in cooperation with the Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Board on Army Research and Development, Air Force Studies Board, and Computer Science and Telecommunications Board)
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... Key capabilities sought by DoD include using data to inform vendor selection, supply-chain analysis, and cost estimation. Masiello and Study CoChair Rebecca Nugent, Carnegie Mellon University, then introduced speakers from DoD who further articulated a vision for data use in defense acquisition.
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... Following Conlin's perspective from DoD, the Chief Data Officers of the Services were invited to share their data strategies. Thomas Sasala, Chief Data Officer, U.S.
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... NAVAL DATA MANGAGEMENT DATA SILOES LIMIT REAL-TIME USE OF CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS DATA, LINKED DATA, AND FORCE (CONOPS) DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS TRUSTWORTHY DON DATA CATALOG DATA LITERACY INTEROPERABLE DoD DON I-PLAN STRATEGY MAY 2020 APR 2020 SECURE (tentative)
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... • Data culture change begins with supervisors and senior leaders (Conlin, Litchfield, Nielsen, Sasala) • Partnerships among government, academia, and industry help foster culture change (Mer ritt, Song)
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... For effective data governance, involved parties should have an understanding of what is being discussed -- the meaning of the data made available, agreement on authoritative sources for data, and the interface through which the data are accessed or analyzed. The Honorable Lisa Disbrow Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and former Under Secretary of the Air Force, spoke to the challenges and opportunities for data use in operational requirements and cost estimation.
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... In partnership with military department cost agencies, they created the Cost Assessment Data Enterprise (CADE) , which is the primary cost data source for acquisition programs, including contractor and subcontractor information.13 That data serves as a reference point for cost estimates, program estimates, and various milestones, which informs negotiations for follow-on contracts.
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... DAU is now piloting micro-credentials focusing on critical skills that could lead to better acquisition outcomes and include topics such as AI, digital engineering, data science, and data analytics. Watson indicated that DAU recognized a need for acquisition program managers and other individuals to understand where data science and analytics can improve program outcomes, but they do not necessarily need an understanding of the technical details of data science.
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... Sears Merritt, MassMutual, indicated that MassMutual views data science as an interdisciplinary field that uses the scientific method, alongside processes and systems to develop and extract knowledge from data. By building up its data capabilities, MassMutual has been able to deploy data analytics in all major aspects of the company, including policy, revenue, and investments.
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... Fox recognized that speakers were not aligned in their view of who needs to be trained, but all speakers agreed that senior leaders "need a deep appreciation of the capabilities of and limitations of data and data analytics." She noted that "DoD leadership expressed the view that everyone needs a basic understanding of statistics and data visualization; some industry approaches agreed with this as well." Fox noted that speakers had expressed the view that young people entering the Services will ex 10
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... No one said that incorporating data analytics into DoD acquisitions processes was not worth pursuing so, even though it is hard, our speakers .
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... 2020. Improving Defense Acquisition Workforce Capability: Proceedings of a Workshop -- in Brief.
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