6.4.2 Capability Engineering Process within Canadian Defence: Some Engineering Issues

Abstract

Some managerial and technical problems related to the transition of the Canadian military acquisition from the Threat‐Based Planning to the Capability‐Based Planning are identified in this paper. A simplified example of military acquisition illustrates recommendations that were made in the Collaborative Capability Definition Engineering and Management (CapDEM) project to guide the work surrounding the conception of a new Capability Engineering Process. Some elements of solution for the support of such a process are also presented.