A CHANCE TO THINK
EVERYONE BENEFITS
“When you offer things to folks, often the reaction is, ‘Argh, what do you want? What’s your motive here?’ I don’t have a motive other than sharing case studies with the larger workforce.”
Tat passion for acquisition—providing lessons learned and best practices, passing on knowledge so that the same wheel is not reinvented endlessly—has made Mortlock a frequent contributor to Army AL&T’s
“Been Tere, Done Tat” commentary series, which he helped to develop.
“What I get out of it is I stay in touch with the civilian acquisition workforce,” he said.
LEARNING IN PROGRESS
The class at PEO EIS at Fort Belvoir works on a problem. (Photos courtesy of Dr. Robert F. Mortlock)
“So I learn things out of this as well. It’s not like I’m completely selfless here. What I get out of it is a connection to the folks that are in the trenches still.”
Most graduate-level classes use case-study learning because it involves students in real-world situations through an experi- ential approach, Mortlock said: Students can place themselves in the case as the
“protagonist,” ask themselves what they would do and justify their recommenda- tions based on facts presented in the case. Defense Acquisition University’s PMT 401 Program Manager’s Course, which involves hundreds of case studies, was
“one of the best courses at DAU that I went through,” he said.
LARGER THEMES To stimulate thinking about acquisition, Mortlock uses two case studies:
MORE PERSPECTIVES, BETTER UNDERSTANDING
Mortlock, at left, with his class at PEO GCS. Judith A. Gachupin, strategic plan- ner at PEO GCS, said the class helped her see how the acquisition system has changed over the years.
• Te rapid developing, testing and field- ing of the Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH). Te ECH had to address the rifle threat, be fielded as quickly as possible, and reduce the weight on Soldiers and Marines in combat. It was fielded despite objections from the test- ing and medical communities. Mortlock
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