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[null,"1.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910220104803321"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Sources of weapon system cost growth : analysis of 35 major defense acquisition programs / / Joseph G. Bolten ... [et al.]"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., c2008"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-281-73655-4"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786611736552"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-8330-4524-5"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (xxv, 90 pages) : illustrations"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"355.6/212"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Military engineering"]
[{"$nulls":4},"United States Armed Forces Weapons systems Costs"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90)."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE  Introduction; Background; Objective of This Study; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO  Study Approach; Selection of Programs for Analysis; Selected Acquisition Reports; Classifying Cost-Growth Variances; Problems in Interpreting SAR Cost-Variance Data; Analysis of Programs; Cost-Variance Categories; Mapping of SAR Variance Categories; Problems in Categorizing Cost Growth; CHAPTER THREE  Cost Growth in Selected Programs; Presentation of Data; Multiservice Program Sample"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Comparison 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; Bibliography"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","This 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 "]
[{"$nulls":4},"caused by decisions, most of which involve quantity changes, requirements growth, and schedule changes."]