PMADS - Army AT&L Program Management and Business Transformation - Enabled

People have been using the term stove-pipe for some time now when talking about the subject of government software applications. As we've been working with Army organizations on using PMADS and business process imporvements, I've come to understand there has been a large price paid by the AT&L enterprise for years of stove-piped software development efforts. I'm not talking so muchabout the obvious cost in terms of money, but rather I'm talking about what it has cost in terms of the workforce culture. A large focus has been given to employee training on how to use applications & systems. The workforce has been forced to work in stove piped lanes because that's the way the applications have been built to work. I believe this is a large part of the reason for something I have heard from numerous offices all over the country "We do things differently here.". I also believe these approaches to developing software applications have been a influencing force behind the subject of "The Perfect Storm".

At the heart of an organization learning to use PMADS has to do with the collaborative business proscess work flow element. It's rewarding to see an organization transform their operations because the bottom line is that it translates into increased support and services for our war fighters! This makes the slow hard work of working with organizations on business transformation really all worth it for me.