A Review of U.S. Army Non-Materiel Capability-Development Processes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McBirney, Samantha

Contributor:

Abler, Andrea M.

Hallmark, Bryan W.

Leidy, Erin N.

Lilly, Sale

Mueller, Erik E.

O'Connell, Caolionn

Warren, Drake

Webber, Stephen

Language:

English

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2021

Summary:

The U.S. Army is undertaking a significant reform to change the way it will fight in future wars. At the heart of this reform is a significant modernization enterprise. The reform consists of numerous changes to the combat-development enterprise⁠—notably, the establishment of Army Futures Command and subordinate cross-functional teams. In light of these institutional changes, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) wants to identify issues and necessary process changes to improve how the Army implements non-materiel doctrine, organization, training, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTLPF-P) solutions. Across the DOTLPF-P domains, the Army has, and follows, formal processes to make changes in each, and the Army appears to use all these processes frequently. Although the Army is making significant changes to these processes, many aspects of its current approach appear to be successful. However, when assessing the facilities domain, the authors identified unique challenges specific to modifying or constructing new facilities and developed subsequent recommendations in an effort to mitigate these challenges. In light of this assessment and the significant changes being made to the Army's acquisition process, the authors recommend that the Army maintain its current processes for the DOTLP-P domains while pursuing some specific recommendations for facilities, thereby driving further success of the modernization effort.