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Current & Future Project Management ChallengesA major equipment provider’s perspective

Walt HavensteinCOO, BAE Systems Plc and President & CEO, BAE Systems, Inc.

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Military context

• Changing threat• Tempo of operations• Interoperability• Pace of Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs)• Rising complexity• Significant challenge

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Through-life capability management

• Approach• Coherent balance• Capability planning• Trades• Key to implementation of DIS

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Implications for industry

• User perspective• Re-configurable solutions• Framework for making a

difference • Through-life management• Focus on fleet management in

military context• Training

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PM challenge of rising complexity

• Size and complexity of projects• Many complex projects fail to

deliver expected returns• Boundaries of project

management are extending• Common capability standards for

complex projects• Development of skilled project

managers

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PM capability

• Systematic approach• Operational Framework

• Lifecycle Management

• PM Council

• PM practitioners• Sharing best practices

• Determining development needs

• Career development

LCM Configuration Control Panel

Guides Handbooks Training

LM01/00

Bid Status Review

Contract Review

Phase Review

Design Review

Definitions

Roles and Responsibilities

Request forBid Approval

Purpose

LifecycleMandates Tailoring

LCM Framework

Reviews

LCM Support

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Conclusions

• Context of military operations• Through-life capability

management• Implications for industry• Rising complexity• PM capability