Book excerpt: This project was part of a special assistance activity for the Director of the U.S. Army's Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate (PA & E) conducted beginning in 1995 and continuing into 1997. The purpose of this project was to assist the Director of PA & E in creating a new program development process and methodology. The director's principal objective in this project was to improve the Army's Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development process. These improvements would be designed to (1) enhance the Army's ability to view the totality of its resources, (2) improve its resource decision process, and (3) justify those choices within the Army and to the external community, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), and the Congress.