Strategy Balancing Act: The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Acquisition

摘要

This case study reviews the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison weapon system acquisition.It focuses on the program manager's acquisition strategy from program inception to termination and the balancing act he performed to accommodate the program's many variables. it examines the acquisition and business strategy, program schedules, contractor Interactions, and Congressional and user program support. It raises three important questions: (1) Should the Air Force have initiated the acquisition; (2) Could the Air Force have executed this program better; (3) Should the program manager have stopped this acquisition. An attached teaching note discusses how the critical variables impacted the program and presents an outline for case presentation.