Sources of weapon system cost growth : : analysis of 35 major defense acquisition programs / / Joseph G. Bolten [et al.]
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) misc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Santa Monica, CA : : Rand Corp.,, 2008. ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 90 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of 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