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Title Learning from experience. Volume III, Lessons from the submarine programs of the United Kingdom's Astute submarine program / John F. Schank [and others].

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 81 pages) : color illustrations
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Note "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
"This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Pg. IV.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81).
Contents Introduction -- History of British Submarine Programs -- Setting the Requirements -- Acquisition and Contracting Strategy -- Designing and Building the Astute -- Integrated Logistics Support -- Lessons Identified from the Astute Program.
Summary Large, complex submarine design and construction programs demand personnel with unique skills and capabilities supplemented with practical experiences in their areas of expertise. Recognizing the importance of past experiences for successful program management, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) asked the RAND Corporation to develop a set of lessons learned from its Astute submarine program that could help inform future program managers. RAND reviewed the history of UK nuclear submarines, investigated how operational requirements were set for the Astute class; explored the acquisition, contracting, design, and build processes that the Astute program employed; and assessed the plans and activities surrounding integrated logistics support for the Astute. The impact of the substantial time gap between the design and build of the Astute and its predecessor nuclear submarines was greatly underestimated by the private sector and the MOD, and both parties underestimated the impact of the MOD's decision to shift responsibilities to the private sector. Designing and building a submarine requires careful management and oversight and a delegation of roles and responsibilities that recognizes which party--the shipbuilder or the government--is best positioned to manage risks.
Subject Great Britain. Ministry of Defence -- Procurement.
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
Nuclear submarines -- Great Britain -- Planning.
Nuclear submarines -- Great Britain -- Design and construction.
Shipbuilding industry -- Great Britain -- Management.
Sous-marins nucléaires -- Grande-Bretagne -- Planification.
Construction navale -- Industrie -- Grande-Bretagne -- Gestion.
Armed Forces -- Procurement
Shipbuilding industry -- Management
Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Added Author Schank, John F. (John Frederic), 1946-
LaCroix, F. W.
Murphy, Robert E.
Ip, Cesse.
Arena, Mark V.
Lee, Gordon T., 1953-
Acquisition and Technology Policy Center.
Rand Corporation.
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence.
Added Title Lessons from the submarine programs of the United Kingdom's Astute submarine program
ISBN 9780833058973 (electronic bk.)
0833058975 (electronic bk.)
9780833059031 (electronic bk.)
0833059033 (electronic bk.)
9780833077554 (electronic bk.)
0833077554 (electronic bk.)
Report No. RAND/MG-1128/3-NAVY
Standard No. GBVCP 1008657271

 
    
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