Project Management by Functional Codes of a Navy Systems Command (NAVELEXSYSCOM).

This report was written to ascertain what planning, control, and responsibility is nested in functional codes of a Navy Systems Command to provide the means for management of 'less-than-major' projects (as defined by DODD 5000.1) throughout their life cycle. Formal instructions and procedures were examined to determine if the Command's system was adequate to support a project's transition from advanced development (R and D) to engineering development (R and D) or production. Responsibility documents were located, but follow-on procedural instructions had not been written. Interviews with top management highlighted facts which lead to the realization that informal policies were responsible for the manner in which life-cycle project management was being conducted. Recommendations include a request for a formal instruction to institutionalize actions which are now being carried out informally. (Author)