03359nam 2200589 a 450 991022010480332120200520144314.01-281-73655-497866117365520-8330-4524-5(CKB)1000000000539630(EBL)357985(OCoLC)437222335(SSID)ssj0000248931(PQKBManifestationID)11187471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248931(PQKBWorkID)10204850(PQKB)10828776(Au-PeEL)EBL357985(CaPaEBR)ebr10246319(Au-PeEL)EBL4969993(CaONFJC)MIL173655(OCoLC)1027177692(MiAaPQ)EBC357985(MiAaPQ)EBC4969993(EXLCZ)99100000000053963020080214d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSources of weapon system cost growth analysis of 35 major defense acquisition programs /Joseph G. Bolten ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica, CA Rand Corp.c20081 online resource (xxv, 90 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8330-4289-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90).Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Background; Objective of This Study; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO Study Approach; Selection of Programs for Analysis; Selected Acquisition Reports; Classifying Cost-Growth Variances; Problems in Interpreting SAR Cost-Variance Data; Analysis of Programs; Cost-Variance Categories; Mapping of SAR Variance Categories; Problems in Categorizing Cost Growth; CHAPTER THREE Cost Growth in Selected Programs; Presentation of Data; Multiservice Program SampleComparison of Cost Growth in Air Force and Non-Air Force Programs Total Cost Growth, by Type of Program; CHAPTER FOUR Summary and Recommendations; Cost-Allocation Challenges; Results of This Analysis; Where Should Air Force Decisionmakers Direct Their Focus?; Future Research; APPENDIX A Cost Growth of Individual Programs; APPENDIX B Weighted Cost Growth; APPENDIX C Trigger Events; APPENDIX D OSD Guidance and Definitions of the SAR Cost-Variance Categories; BibliographyThis analysis uses data from Selected Acquisition Reports to determine the causes of cost growth in 35 mature major defense acquisition programs. Four major sources of growth are identified: (1) errors in estimation and scheduling, (2) decisions by the government, (3) financial matters, and (4) miscellaneous. The analysis shows that more than two-thirds of cost growth (measured as simple averages) is caused by decisions, most of which involve quantity changes, requirements growth, and schedule changes.United StatesArmed ForcesWeapons systemsCosts355.6/212Bolten J. G(Joseph George),1944-1039941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220104803321Sources of weapon system cost growth2462421UNINA