Cost and training effectiveness analysis in the Army Life Cycle Systems Management Model / Richard K. Matlick [and three others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Matlick, Richard K., author.

Contributor:

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. ARI Field Unit at Fort Bliss, issuing body.

Litton Industries. Litton-Mellonics Systems Development Division

Series:

Technical report (U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences) ; 503.

Technical report ; 458

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cost effectiveness.

System analysis.

Occupational training.

Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Systems Analysis.

cost benefit analysis.

systems analysis.

Medical Subjects:

Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Systems Analysis.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([162] pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Virginia : U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, September 1980.

Summary:

Powerful methods applicable to CTEA and the whole manpower, personnel, and training side of acquisition via the LCSMM have been developed and await broad application and refinement. A number of these methods are described. Existing methods were weak in three areas. First, lack of adequate definition of analogous tasks degraded use of historical data from fielded weapon systems. Second, the issue of trainability (a critical question in the LCSMM) was not adequately addressed. Third TECEP, the most thorough cost model applicable in the LCSMM, did not address training in Army units. Litton's methods, devised to assist Army analysts in these three areas, is presented. The model for CTEA in the LCSMM queries the data available regardless of the point in the acquisition cycle. It is designed to answer the questions that are pertinent at each stage in the cycle. The model guided selection of methods for use by Army analysts and strategies for application of the methods. Powerful CTEA and acquisition process methods of the future, if they are realized by the Army, will probably all be computer based. This feature promises not only greatly enhanced efficiency in the processing of information but almost certainly a degree of precision not now achievable. It is possible that such an increase in the efficiency and precision of information processing could both increase the effectiveness of systems and reduce the time required to acquire them.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 27, 2015).

"Litton Mellonics."

"ARI Field Unit at Fort Bliss, Texas."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-108).

"Army project number 2Q263742A794."

Supersedes AD-A102 275.

Other Format:

Print version: Cost and training effectiveness analysis in the Army Life Cycle Systems Management Model

Microfiche version: Cost and training effectiveness analysis in the Army Life Cycle Systems Management Model

OCLC:

227517382