An alternative would focus changes in system acquisition courses to include software-related topics. For acquisition certifications, anyone dealing with program management, systems engineering, or test and evaluation should be required to take courses that offer insight into the acquisition and support of software-intensive systems. Like other organizations that are challenged to manage rapid change, complexity and diverse, dispersed workforces, the DoD must continue to search for methods to increase efficiency and effectiveness, to do more with less.
Information technology offers power and reach, and an all-digital format offers more flexibility.
Use of the Internet, by itself, has bandwidth limitations. Such a solution offers tremendous potential return on investment, leaving the central challenge in capturing and delivering information quickly and economically to the practitioners who require it when the material is relevant to their needs. The technology allows flexible, modular, and indexed presentations. Lectures and information can be constructed from many sources without undue advance preparation demands. Its modularity allows efficient search and retrieval of information.