Empowering the defense acquisition workforce to improve mission outcomes using data science / Committee on Improving Defense Acquisition Workforce Capability in Data Use ; Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Air Force Studies Board, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

"The effective use of data science (the science and technology of extracting value from data) improves, enhances, and strengthens acquisition decision-making and outcomes. Using data science to support decision making is not new to the defense acquisition community; its use by the acquisition w...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2021]
Series:Consensus study report.
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Table of Contents:
  • Defense acquisition process data, and workforce: the short version
  • Data science and the data life cycle: the short version
  • Data science in DoD acquisition
  • Data life cycle mindset, skillset, and toolset: roles and teams
  • Preparing and sustaining a data-capable defence acquisition workforce
  • Finding, conclusions, and recommendations
  • Appendix A. Meeting and workshop agendas
  • Appendix B. Defence acquisition notes
  • Appendix C. Data science case studies in defense acquisition
  • Appendix D. Skills for data science mastery
  • Appendix E. Glossary of terms, abbreviations, and acronyms
  • Appendix F. Committee member biographies