Military housing privatization initiative lessons learned program : an analysis

• Main Author: Elbert, Janet M.
• Other Authors: San Miguel, Joseph G.
• Format: Others
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
• Subjects: Military dependents; Housing; United States; Families of military personnel; Public-private sector cooperation; Privatization; Military Family Housing; Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI); Public Private Venture; Residential Communities Initiative (RCI); Lessons Learned
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/854

Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. === The Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) represents a dramatic revision in the construction and maintenance of military housing. Since its inception in 1996, the number of projects has grown exponentially and the learning process has been continuous and steep. This thesis researches the effectiveness of the methods in place at the Department of Defense and Service levels to document, share, and, above all, learn from past experiences. This analysis reviews the cumulative documented lessons from all Services and compares it to the lessons learned within the first jointly partnered privatization project at the Presidio of Monterey (POM) and Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. This research showed at least six lessons previously documented within the lessons learned system, which were relearned at the POM/NPS project. Given this data, the lessons learned program is a partial success but overall has a positive impact on the MHPI. The current lessons learned program improves each new privatization project ensuring it does not experience all of the same lessons from previous projects. Only a few lessons seem to slip through the cracks and are repeated even after documentation and distribution. === Captain, United States Army