5.3.4: Organization, Systems & Processes

A high-performing organization with integrated, efficient, and effective business systems and management processes

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NOAA's unique mission is particularly resource intensive, requiring diverse investments in land, structures, satellites, ships, aircraft, unmanned systems, sensors, equipment, software, and IT. In addition to its physical infrastructure, a large part of NOAA's mission requires investing in the capabilities of its partners through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. Successfully managing these systems and partnerships to operate efficiently and effectively over their entire life cycles requires a long-term perspective. The technical sophistication, resource intensity, and long time frames associated with NOAA's physical assets and partnerships requires fully integrated, effective management and administrative systems and processes. To achieve this objective, NOAA will strengthen financial and non-financial internal controls, develop and deploy improved risk-management methods, and reform NOAA-wide business processes to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness continuously. Through improvements in acquisition, program management, and oversight practices, NOAA will ensure that programs and projects achieve their goals on schedule and within budget, and will provide a sound framework for routine monitoring and evaluation of program performance. Over the next five years, evidence of progress toward this objective will include: * Successful results from audits and evaluations of NOAA's financial and non-financial control systems; * Sound project engineering, cost estimation, and acquisition management practices that generate routine success in meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets for programs and major projects; * Increased organizational efficiency and effectiveness through continuous improvements in NOAA-wide business processes and strategic and performance management systems; and * Improved project and program management skills.

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