Sources of weapon system cost growth : analysis of 35 major defense acquisition programs / / Joseph G. Bolten [et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Sources of weapon system cost growth : analysis of 35 major defense acquisition programs / / Joseph G. Bolten [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA : , : Rand Corp., , 2008 |
| ©2008 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxv, 90 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 355.6/212 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Armed Forces Weapons systems Costs |
| Altri autori: |
BoltenJ. G <1944-> (Joseph George)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90). |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 caused by decisions, most of which involve quantity changes, requirements growth, and schedule changes. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sources of weapon system cost growth |
| ISBN: | 1-281-73655-4 |
| 9786611736552 | |
| 0-8330-4524-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910220104803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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