Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution in Comparative Organizations

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The U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) System was originally developed in the 1960s as a structured approach for planning long-term resource development, assessing program cost-effectiveness, and aligning resources to strategies. Yet changes to the strategic environment, the industrial base, and the nature of military capabilities have raised the question of whether existing U.S. defense budgeting processes remain well aligned with national security needs. Congress called for the establishment of the Commission on PPBE Reform. As part of its data collection efforts, the commission asked RAND researchers to conduct case studies of defense budgeting processes across nine comparative organizations: five international defense organizations and four U.S. federal government agencies. Congress also specifically requested two case studies of near-peer competitors, and the research team selected the other seven cases in close partnership with the commission. In this second volume of four reports on this subject, RAND researchers conduct case studies of the defense budgeting processes of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (UK). Researchers conducted extensive document reviews and structured discussions with subject-matter experts with experience in the budgeting processes of Australia, Canada, and the UK. Each case study was assigned a unique team with appropriate regional or organizational expertise. The analysis was also supplemented by experts in the U.S. PPBE process.

Genre: History / Military / General (fancy, right?)