As the U. S. Army becomes increasingly interested in "commonality"-the sharing of common parts across different entities-there is a need for a clearer definition of the concept. Motivated by the reported costs arising from a lack of clear definitions during recent Army acquisition processes and by cases in which unclear definitions have led to significant problems, this report offers a new, more rigorous lexicon and illustrative examples. | Speaking With A Commonality Language: A Lexicon For System And Component Development by Bruce Oliver Newsome, Paperback | Indigo Chapters