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Extreme Cost Growth : Themes from Six U.S. Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs

Title
Extreme Cost Growth : Themes from Six U.S. Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs / Mark A. Lorell, Robert S. Leonard, Abby Doll.
Author
Lorell, Mark A., 1947-
Publication
  • Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Leonard, Robert S.
  • Doll, Abby
Description
xxi, 48 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
This report identifies and characterizes conditions present in six U.S. Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) experiencing extreme cost growth, using case study analysis. This report is a companion to Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Program Cost Growth Is Driven by Three Space Programs and the F-35: Fiscal Year 2013 President's Budget Selected Acquisition Reports (RR-477-AF, 2014), which analyzed cost growth trends in current U.S. Air Force MDAPs using Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) data. The case study analysis provided in this document is based on government program documentation and publically available open source materials, as well as interviews with program officials and subject matter experts. The authors find that the key common attributes among the six programs with extreme cost growth can be grouped into two broad areas: (1) premature approval of Milestone B and (2) suboptimal acquisition strategies and program structure. They offer two broad recommendations for improving cost and schedule outcomes for Air Force MDAPs: (1) Establish credible baseline cost estimates at MS B to provide realistic baseline metrics for accurately measuring real cost growth, and (2) develop, refine, and implement robust evolutionary or incremental acquisition strategies and policies that reduce and control technological and programmatic risk, unless timely operational need has clear priority over cost savings.
Series Statement
[Research report] ; RR-630-AF
Uniform Title
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-630-AF.
Subjects
Note
  • "RAND Project Air Force" --Title page.
  • "Prepared for the United States Air Force." --Title page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48).
Call Number
JBF 17-332
ISBN
  • 9780833088550
  • 0833088556
OCLC
921166456
Author
Lorell, Mark A., 1947- author.
Title
Extreme Cost Growth : Themes from Six U.S. Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs / Mark A. Lorell, Robert S. Leonard, Abby Doll.
Publisher
Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Series
[Research report] ; RR-630-AF
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-630-AF.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48).
Added Author
Leonard, Robert S., author.
Doll, Abby, author.
Research Call Number
JBF 17-332
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