Spear (Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute for Technology),[7] the system balances the two dimensions of high performing organizations: integrate the whole (product, structure, process & people); and increase the rate of problem solving to manage the whole (4 capabilities outlined above).

[1][8] Fundamentally, the system sets the standards of management by outlining a doctrine of rules, tactics, techniques, procedures & terms.

The concept of open source promotes a free exchange of ideas within the DoD community to drive creative, scientific and technological advancement.

The Management System (Open Source) is a reference model that captures the underlying doctrine driving many of the DoD's efforts to improve.

For example, the Chief of Naval Operations line of effort called High Velocity Learning is based on the 4 capabilities outlined above.

[6][11] Given that many programs come and go, it is important that the Department of Defense captures and shares the underlying doctrine of management that evidenced based research shows to be valid for producing high performance organizations.

[12] A growing body of evidence based research is showing the correlation and causation of management's impact on organizational performance (productivity, growth, patents, profit, ROIC, etc.).