
Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth : Analysis of 35 Major Defense Acquisition Programs.
Title:
Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth : Analysis of 35 Major Defense Acquisition Programs.
Author:
Bolten, Joseph G.
ISBN:
9780833045249
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (117 pages)
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 -- Total Cost Growth -- Development and Procurement Cost Growth -- Comparison to SAR Cost Categories -- Distribution of Cost Growth -- 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 -- Program Sample -- Program Type -- Growth in Air Force Programs -- Ways to Improve SAR Data -- 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.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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