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The Acquisition Program

A 90-minute, 4-round Express simulation on US defense acquisition and public program management, for graduate public administration, public policy and defense-management courses, executive education for the defense industrial base and professional development for federal acquisition staff.

4 rondas MBA / Máster English, Español

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Sobre la simulación

A 90-minute, 4-round Express simulation on US defense acquisition and public program management, for graduate public administration, public policy and defense-management courses, executive education for the defense industrial base and professional development for federal acquisition staff.

Program KITTIWAKE (a fictional Department of the Navy program for 30 medium uncrewed surface vessels): as the government program manager you choose the acquisition pathway (Major Capability Acquisition, Middle Tier of Acquisition or an Other Transaction prototype agreement) and the development contract type, answer an overrun in the autonomy software, decide how competition and technical data rights will be kept for production, take the production decision and write the production contract, and meet a continuing resolution before reporting cost growth to Congress.

Scored on unit-cost growth against the baseline, months against the fleet need date, the capability expected at initial operational capability, competition and the confidence of the oversight chain.

Para quién es

Una simulación de nivel intermedio para participantes que ya conocen los conceptos básicos de la materia, pensada para programas de máster y MBA.

Cómo funciona una sesión

  1. El docente crea una sesión desde el panel de Eureka e invita a los participantes.
  2. Los participantes juegan 4 rondas. En cada una envían sus decisiones y la simulación calcula los resultados. La primera ronda arranca con: Monday 11 January 2027: the pathway and the contract type.
  3. La simulación se puede jugar en: English, Español.
  4. El docente sigue el progreso y los resultados de cada participante desde el panel, y usa los resultados de la clase para el debriefing.

Decisiones que toman los participantes

Las decisiones que toman los participantes durante la simulación:

  • Acquisition pathway
  • Development contract type
  • Answer to the overrun
  • Competition and technical data for production
  • Production decision
  • Production contract
  • Continuing resolution
  • Cost report to Congress

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