Initiatives

Best Practices Clearinghouse

Many government organizations have attempted to develop systems to capture best practices or lessons learned, but have fallen short of success because guidance based on experience is missing, and the gap between "what is a best practice?" and "how do I implement it?" often isn't addressed. DAU has partnered with elements of the Office of the Secretary of Defense to carefully design and implement the DoD Acquisition Best Practices Clearinghouse (BPCh) — accessible at https://bpch.dau.mil — to provide an integrated set of processes and resources enabling users to share experiences and identify practices through evidence of practice effectiveness in environments like their own. Using this evidence-based approach, users can quickly browse, filter and search stored evidence in a contextual manner that leads them to lessons and practices relevant to their particular program or issues. Note: Initial content areas include SEP, Software Acquisition Management, and the CMMI-Acquisition Module. Best practices are also cross referenced to career fields (job functions) for easy reference.

If you would like more information about the BPCh, please contact
Mike Lambert, BPCh project manager, at 703-805-4555 or michael.lambert@dau.mil

Please contribute best practices or related supporting evidence to the BPCh directly using their online submission system.