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NSIAD-84-6 1 (1983-10-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnmu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MAMoNAL ,CUR MO OCT 7 1983 IWERNAliONAL APFAURS ONISION The Honorable Chapman B. Cox Assistant Secretary of the Navy Manpower and Reserve Affairs Dear Mr. Cox: 125371 Subject: Comments on Navy's Manpower, Personnel, and Training Planning Process (GAO/NSIAD-84-6) In March 1983 GAO began surveying the effectiveness of Navy's manpower, personnel, and training (MPT) planning process for new systems. Specifically, we looked at how and when the Navy developed MPT requirements and whether these influenced systems' design or maintenance and operational concepts to minimize life cycle costs. Accordingly, we examined two Navy systems currently in the fleet, the SLQ-32 electronic warfare system and the Tomahawk cruise missile. Unfortunately, much of the documentation we needed had either not been developed, was not specific enough, had been destroyed, or was not readily accessible. Additionally, many original program people no longer worked with the systems, so the corporate memory was unavailable. Given this absence of a clear audit trail, we concluded that we could not readily determine the effectiveness of Navy's past planning for these systems. The Navy has recognized the above and other problems in MPT planning and has developed the Military Manpower verses Hardware Procurement (HARDMAN) Methodology to address them. The HARDMAN methodology is designed to help project managers analyze potential hardware/manpower trade-offs by (1) identifying system design characteristics, operational/support concepts, and/or service policies which cause a significant demand for MPT resources, (2) evaluating resource-design trade-offs in relation to their costs, (3) identifying total quantity and quality of personnel and training needed to support each design option, and (4) estimating the cost of MPT over the systems life for each alternative design. Among other things, the HARDMAN Office has developed standard procedures to consider MPT implications during concept exploration. Hence, Navy should be able to identify MPT requirements before Milestone I (the Development and Validation phase) of the Weapon System Acquisition Process (WSAP) and consider how they affect supportability and life cycle costs. Navy intends to pilot HARDMAN on six systems in Fiscal Year 1984. A ~co

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