Improving the Technical Requirements Development Process for Weapon Systems A Systems-Based Approach for Managers / Lauren A. Mayer [and 7 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayer, Lauren A., author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of the Air Force.

Project Air Force (U.S.). Resource Management Program.

Rand Corporation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--Procurement.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Weapons systems.

Systems engineering.

Engineering mathematics.

United States. Air Force.

Armed Forces--Procurement.

Armed Forces--Weapons systems.

Physical Description:

x, 108 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Summary:

The acquisition process for a new weapon system involves developing a set of technical requirements-a set of statements or models defining what a system should do and how well it should do it-for the system's design to ensure that the system provides the needed operational capability within budget and schedule constraints. However, oversights during this process can result in cost or schedule overruns, unsuitable operational performance, or outright cancellation. The U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to develop an approach to help improve DAF's technical requirements development process. To do so, the authors consulted policies and the literature, held discussions with DAF stakeholders and subject-matter experts, conducted two case studies, and assessed various tools that might assist development of technical requirements. This report describes the resulting approach, which has been informed by systems-based methods and tools, and includes an exploration of the applicability and feasibility of one specific emerging hazard-analysis tool: system-theoretic process analysis (STPA).

Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: DAF Process for Developing Technical Requirements

Chapter Three: Approach for Technical Requirements Development

Chapter Four: Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis Applicability and Feasibility

Chapter Five: Discussion and Recommendations

Appendix A: Research Methodology

Appendix B: T-7 and MH-139 Case Studies

Appendix C: Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis Research

Appendix D: Approach in Detail.

Notes:

"RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE" -- Title page.

"Prepared for the Department of the Air Force"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-108)

ISBN:

9781977409782

1977409784

OCLC:

1352946204