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Author Arena, Mark V., author.

Title Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches. Vol. 4 : program manager tenure, oversight of acquisition category II programs, and framing assumptions / Mark V. Arena, Irv Blickstein, Abby Doll, Jeffrey A. Drezner, James G. Kallmani, Jennifer Kavanagh, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Megan McKernan, Charles Nemfakos, Rena Rudavsky, Jerry M. Sollinger, Daniel Tremblay, Carolyn Wong.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.

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Note "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115).
Contents Introduction -- Program Manager Tenure -- Oversight of ACAT II Programs -- Framing Assumptions -- Conclusions.
Summary Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds. The authors calculate program manager tenure to determine whether tenures have lengthened since policy guidance was issued in 2005 and 2007. They also address the question of whether existing decentralized systems used to track the cost growth and performance of acquisition category II programs are sufficient or whether additional centralized guidance and control from the Office of the Secretary of Defense are warranted. A third question deals with the management of cost and schedule risk and whether the identification of key assumptions, which the authors call framing assumptions, could be a useful risk management tool.
Note Print version.
Language English.
Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Procurement -- Costs.
United States. Department of Defense
Defense contracts -- United States.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- Costs.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Equipment -- Costs.
Contrats de la défense -- États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Costs
Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- Costs
Defense contracts
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Blickstein, Irv, 1939- author.
Doll, Abby, author.
Drezner, Jeffrey A., author.
Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981- author.
McCaffrey, Daniel F., author.
McKernan, Megan, author.
Nemfakos, Charles Panagiotis, author.
Sollinger, Jerry M., author.
Tremblay, Daniel, author.
Wong, Carolyn, 1952- author.
Acquisition and Technology Policy Center.
Rand Corporation, publisher.
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Other Form: Print version: Arena, Mark V. Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches Vol. 4. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013 9780833082053 0833082051 (OCoLC)860753853
ISBN 9780833083791 (electronic bk.)
0833083791 (electronic bk.)
0833082051
9780833082053
Report No. RAND/MG-1171/4-OSD
Standard No. AU@ 000061156065
GBVCP 1008660787

 
    
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