ASAALT and PM AcqBusiness Co-Host First Annual Functional Leader Summit (FLS)
Tricia May
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The FLS reinforced the importance of enterprise business services and optimized performance so that the acquisition community will realize high-value, enterprise-level business capabilities to enhance performance and efficiency. (Image courtesy of PEO EIS.)
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Held in Orlando, FL, at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center Feb. 8–11, 2010, the FLS was the first conference to publicize the teaming efforts between the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASAALT) and Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS') Product Manager (PM) AcqBusiness. LTC Maurice Stewart, PM AcqBusiness, and Steve French, ASAALT Chief Information Officer, planned and executed the event to bring functional leaders from PEOs and project management organizations from the acquisition and logistics communities to discuss ongoing initiatives associated with the Acquisition Information Technology Transformation Plan and the evolution of enterprise business tools.
The conference’s purpose was to reinforce the importance of enterprise business services and optimize performance so that the acquisition community will realize high-value, enterprise-level business capabilities to enhance performance and efficiency. The opportunity to convene functional leaders in a forum provided significant opportunities to help determine and shape enterprise-level solutions that are prerequisites to optimizing enterprise performance.
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FLS has addressed the capability gaps that currently exist in the acquisition space.
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The conference sessions focused on leadership expectations and private industry experience. Workshops explored existing capability gaps and areas where there are opportunities to improve efficiency and performance. In addition to leadership input and industry best practices, a host of software demonstrations populated the general session. From business and risk management tools to product data management, FLS has addressed the capability gaps that currently exist in the acquisition space.
The workshops resulted in recommendations for enterprise business solutions that improve process effectiveness, support informed decision making, and provide for data transparency across system life cycles. We will leverage the conference’s outcomes to repair fractured business operations and establish parameters by which we may build in the future. For more information about PM AcqBusiness, go to https://acqbiz.army.mil.
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TRICIA MAY is the PM AcqBusiness public affairs contact. She holds a B.A. in geography and environmental studies from the University of Colorado.
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