Achieving more Successful Government Programs through Robust Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) An Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) study ensures that new programs have a sound, executable business case. AoA or “Alternative Analysis” is required by the GSA for planning, budgeting, acquisition, and managing Federal capital assets. In 2009, the GAO studied 32 DoD acquisition projects found that 69% of the projects with weak AoA studies had...

Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)—Key to Successful Programs In 2009, the GAO studied 32 Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition projects and found that 69% of the projects with weak AoA studies had major cost and schedule overruns, while only 22% of those with strong AoA efforts missed their targets. AoA success goes beyond the acquisition of weapon systems and shows similar results for any new project, program, process, policy, or other o...

Cloud Solutions Architecture 101 Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provides tremendous new opportunities to realize business value through capital and operating cost savings. At the same time, Cloud IaaS characteristics mean that traditional approaches to systems and solutions architecture are in many ways outmoded. Modern Cloud solution architectures take advantage of the unique characteristics of Cloud services to provide greater effi...