<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lessons from the Procedure of Acquiring a New Type of Combat Aircraft, 1999-2017</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT4Sec Reports</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Analysis of Alternatives</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">costing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence acquisition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">life cycle</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">modernization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">multicriteria analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rearmament</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">131</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Institute of Information and Communication Technologies</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the report to the conference &quot;50 Years Unmanned Aviation in Bulgaria,&quot; organised by the Technical University of Sofia - branch Plovdiv, 11-12 April 2018, the author reviews discussions and actions in the past two decades, aiming--as minimum--at providing independent performance of peacetime air policing and interoperability with NATO allies. In similar situations, many countries that do not participate in the design and production of combat aircraft make a political choice. Bulgaria chose instead to select a new type of combat aircraft in a competitive procedure. In June 2016, the Bulgarian Parliament approved the respective &quot;Investment Expenditures Project,&quot; and in April 2017 the then Caretaker Government designated a supplier. However, the new Parliament created a commission of inquiry, and in September 2017, based on the commission's report, returned the project to the Ministry of Defence with recommendations for changes in the underlying documents.
  This report provides an analysis of the main problems of the competitive procedure, related to the definition of requirements, the adopted methodology for comparative evaluation of alternative proposals, and the adopted approach to the management of the project with focus on the lack of conceptual and procedural clarity and the hyper concentration of authority in a single body - the Project Management Board under the Commander of the Bulgarian Air Force.
  The report is based on publicly available information and is intended to support the successful implementation of the project for acquiring a new type of combat aircraft and the overall modernisation of the combat aviation.
  The full text of the report is in the Bulgarian language.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Georgi Pavlov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Juliana Karakaneva</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">E-Models and Methods for Project Management in the Public Area</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">decision support systems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Decision-making</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence acquisition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e-payment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Life cycle management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">procurement</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">136-147</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The application of scientific and/or applied methods and models at each stage of the life cycle of projects, implemented by public organisations, is an important precondition for effective, efficient and transparent management. One way to create a relevant environment is to identify appropriate methods and models for decision-making in implementing such projects. One constructive approach to defining the usefulness of a method or a model is to constitute a matrix with rows describing the kinds of project activity (stage or phase) and columns relating to a particular method or model. The authors propose implementation of software agents that suggest, either automatically or upon request, a method or model appropriate to support decision-making in each project phase. Such advanced approach improves the capabilities of decision makers to understand the impact of a particular decision, to generate options and assess alternatives, thus improving decision-making capacity and transparency of the decision making process.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>