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Sources of weapon system cost growth : analysis of 35 major defense acquisition programs / Joseph G. Bolten ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Armed Forces--Weapons systems--Costs.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense--Procurement--Cost control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 90 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90).
- ISBN:
- 1-281-73655-4
- 9786611736552
- 0-8330-4524-5
- OCLC:
- 437222335
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