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Book Synopsis The Defense System Cost Performance Database by : Jeanne M. Jarvaise
Download or read book The Defense System Cost Performance Database written by Jeanne M. Jarvaise and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the contents of the DSCPD; the authors discuss data sources, database structure, adjustments and normalization procedures used in the database, and caveats and limitations on its use.
Book Synopsis The Defense System Cost Performance Database (Computer Diskette). by : RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA.
Download or read book The Defense System Cost Performance Database (Computer Diskette). written by RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA. and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: File characteristics: Textfile (7 files); ASCII character set. Physical description: 1 computer diskette; 3 1/2 in.; high density; 1.4MB. System requirements: PC compatible; Windows; MS EXCEL 5.0. To facilitate long-term, comprehensive, and consistent analysis of weapon system cost growth, RAND has developed the Defense Systems Cost Performance Database(DSCPD). This includes cost growth data derived from information from Selected Acquisition Reports. These Excel 5.0 files included on disk contains files described in the hardcopy report, included.
Book Synopsis Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs by : Mark V. Arena
Download or read book Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs written by Mark V. Arena and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is one of a series from a RAND Project AIR FORCE project, "The Cost of Future Military Aircraft: Historical Cost Estimating Relationships and Cost Reduction Initiatives." The purpose of the project is to improve the tools used to estimate the costs of future weapon systems. It focuses on how recent technical, management, and government policy changes affect cost. This report focuses on the accuracy of cost estimates. For our analysis, we used a very specific sample of Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) data, namely only programs that are complete or are nearly so. The analysis indicates a systematic bias toward underestimating the costs and substantial uncertainty in estimating the final cost of a weapon system. In contrast to the previous literature, the cost growth was higher than previously observed. We also found few correlations with cost growth, but observed that programs with longer duration had greater cost growth and electronics programs tended to have lower cost growth. Although there were some differences in the mean cost growth factors among the military departments, the differences were not statistically significant. While newer programs appear to have lower cost growth, this trend appears to be due to factors other than acquisition policies.
Book Synopsis Products and Services Catalog by : Defense Technical Information Center (U.S.)
Download or read book Products and Services Catalog written by Defense Technical Information Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Defense Logistics by : William M. Solis
Download or read book Defense Logistics written by William M. Solis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, the DoD identified performance based logistics (PBL) as the preferred weapon system support strategy. Within DoD, PBL is the purchase of performance outcomes, such as system availability, rather than the purchase of individual elements of logistics support -- such as parts, repairs, and engineering support. Although PBL initially arose from efforts to reduce support costs, questions have arisen about whether PBL has reduced support costs as originally intended. This report evaluates the extent to which DoD has used business case analyses to guide decisions related to PBL arrangements and the impact PBL arrangements have had on weapon system support costs. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Book Synopsis Analysis of Contractor Cost Performance Data. A Program Analysis Approach by : Thomas E. Duguid
Download or read book Analysis of Contractor Cost Performance Data. A Program Analysis Approach written by Thomas E. Duguid and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction; Know Who You're Dealing With; Getting Your Foot in the Door; A Program Analysis Approach - The Process; Problems ot Watch Out For; Appendix A - Sample Contract Statement of Work; Appendix B - Sample Contract Data Requirement List; Appendix C - Addresses - Automated Cost Performance Report Analysis Models. Keywords: Cost analysis; Air Force procurement; Weapon systems; PPBS (Planning and Budgeting System); Systems analysis; and Contract administration.
Book Synopsis Alternatives for Boost-phase Missile Defense by :
Download or read book Alternatives for Boost-phase Missile Defense written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Long-term Implications of Current Defense Plans by : Lane Pierrot
Download or read book The Long-term Implications of Current Defense Plans written by Lane Pierrot and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors: Lane Pierrot and Gregory T. Kiley.
Book Synopsis Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change? by : Rhys McCormick
Download or read book Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change? written by Rhys McCormick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the advent of the information age, both commercial industry and the Department of Defense are moving towards complex R&D-intensive systems over the simpler, mass-produced systems of the industrial age. This CSIS report analyzes the historical trends in the relationship of production costs to development costs in complex acquisition programs. To understand this phenomenon, the study team examines it at two different levels. The first is the macro investment level where portfolio management trade-offs are made between aggregate development and procurement and between programs. The second level is individual programs where the ambitions of the program and the underlying technology shape the resources required for a program to complete development.
Book Synopsis The long-term implications of current defense plans by :
Download or read book The long-term implications of current defense plans written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2003, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans (ADA410669), which was based on the fiscal year 2003 budget and the Department of Defense's Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) of that same year. CBO updated that analysis in July 2003 (ADA416284); its publication The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2004 revised CBO's earlier work to take into account changes incorporated in the President's budget for fiscal year 2004 and the 2004 FYDP. Because it was a summary, the July 2003 paper omitted many of the detailed data displays contained in CBO's January 2003 study. This briefing updates those omitted displays consistent with the 2004 FYDP. The briefing does not incorporate changes to the FYDP resulting from Congressional action on the President's fiscal year 2004 budget request.
Book Synopsis Industrial Methods for the Effective Development and Testing of Defense Systems by : National Research Council
Download or read book Industrial Methods for the Effective Development and Testing of Defense Systems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade and a half, the National Research Council, through its Committee on National Statistics, has carried out a number of studies on the application of statistical methods to improve the testing and development of defense systems. These studies were intended to provide advice to the Department of Defense (DOD), which sponsored these studies. The previous studies have been concerned with the role of statistical methods in testing and evaluation, reliability practices, software methods, combining information, and evolutionary acquisition. Industrial Methods for the Effective Testing and Development of Defense Systems is the latest in a series of studies, and unlike earlier studies, this report identifies current engineering practices that have proved successful in industrial applications for system development and testing. This report explores how developmental and operational testing, modeling and simulation, and related techniques can improve the development and performance of defense systems, particularly techniques that have been shown to be effective in industrial applications and are likely to be useful in defense system development. In addition to the broad issues, the report identifies three specific topics for its focus: finding failure modes earlier, technology maturity, and use of all relevant information for operational assessments.
Book Synopsis Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth by : Joseph G. Bolten
Download or read book Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth written by Joseph G. Bolten and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Pitfalls in Calculating Cost Growth from Selected Acquisition Reports by : Paul G. Hough
Download or read book Pitfalls in Calculating Cost Growth from Selected Acquisition Reports written by Paul G. Hough and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cost growth is a highly visible phenomenon in the procurement of major weapon systems. In general, cost growth is the ratio of a weapon system's current estimate of cost to that of some earlier estimate. Thus, even given the same current estimate, different measures of cost growth are possible, depending on which prior estimate is selected as the baseline. Most studies of cost growth, however, select the cost estimate made at the time of program entry into full-scale development (the development estimate) as the baseline. Both the current estimate and the development estimate are normally taken from the Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), a legally mandated summary report on the status of major acquisition programs. This Note identifies and explains the type of cost data found in the SAR and reviews the history of the SAR with respect to cost reporting. In spite of changes that have improved the quality and comprehensiveness of the data in the SAR, it still presents difficulties for measuring cost growth. Among the most notable problems are failure of some programs to use a consistent baseline cost estimate, exclusion of some significant elements of cost, exclusion of certain classes of major programs, and constantly changing preparation guidelines. Nevertheless, the author concludes that SAR data are suitable for identifying broad-based trends and temporal patterns across a range of programs.
Book Synopsis US Defense Information Systems Agency Handbook - Strategic Information and Contacts by : IBP USA
Download or read book US Defense Information Systems Agency Handbook - Strategic Information and Contacts written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. US Defense Information Systems Agency Handbook
Book Synopsis Annual Historical Review by : United States. Army Materiel Command. Historical Office
Download or read book Annual Historical Review written by United States. Army Materiel Command. Historical Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Defense Logistics by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Defense Logistics written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) identified performance based logistics (PBL) as the preferred weapon system support strategy. Within DOD, PBL is the purchase of performance outcomes, such as system availability, rather than the purchase of individual elements of logistics support -- such as parts, repairs, and engineering support. Although PBL initially arose from efforts to reduce support costs, questions have arisen about whether PBL has reduced support costs as originally intended. GAO was asked to evaluate the extent to which DOD has used business case analyses to guide decisions related to PBL arrangements and the impact PBL arrangements have had on weapon system support costs. In conducting the review, GAO analyzed the implementation of PBL arrangements for 29 weapon system programs. GAO also looked at the use and characteristics of performance-based contracting in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. GAO makes five recommendations, including that DOD require the development of business case analyses, clearly define specific criteria for their development, and require that the services improve their internal controls to ensure that the analyses are performed. GAO also recommends that DOD require program offices to collect and report detailed support cost data for their PBL arrangements. DOD generally concurred with these recommendations.
Book Synopsis Lean Enterprise Value by : E. Murman
Download or read book Lean Enterprise Value written by E. Murman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lean Production transformed the way that companies think about production and manufacturing. This book provides a new challenge. It arises from the work of the Lean Aerospace Initiative at MIT and provides a new agenda and bold vision for the aerospace industry to take it out of crisis. It also redefines and develops the concept of Lean as a framework for enterprise transformation and this will be relevant and critical for all industries and enterprises.
