Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth
Auteur : Robert S. Leonard Joseph G. Bolten (Mark V. Arena, Obaid Younossi, Jerry M. Sollinger)
Date de publication : 2008
Éditeur : RAND Corporation
Nombre de pages : 117
Résumé du livre
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 go.