1. Is it really appropriate to treat the CADMID cycle as a project?
2. The AMS is a highly formalised approach. Consider the range of equipment purchased by a government department such as the Ministry of Defence. Discuss the benefits and likely costs of such an approach across this range.

Buying military equipment (capability procurement) has as many different approaches around the world as there are pieces of equipment. The UK’s Ministry of Defence has its own acquisition management system and a standard process based around CADMID – concept, assessment, demonstration, manufacture, in-service and disposal,