Reports and Technical Reports
A Better Basis for Ship Acquisition Decisions: Engineering a Solution to Ship Acquisition Woes
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-05-12); NPS-AM-11-C8P18Z02-137
Symposium Presentation
A Better Basis for Ship Acquisition Decisions
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-04-30); NPS-AM-11-C8P18R02-064
Naval ship acquisition is widely thought to be too expensive, too long, too uncertain, and too risky.
Throughout the ship development process, decision makers at all levels are afflicted by unreliable estimates and projections ...
The Effect of Processes and Incentives on Acquisition Cost Growth
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-05-11); NPS-AM-11-C8P15Z02-127
Symposium Presentation
The Effect of Processes and Incentives on Acquisition Cost Growth
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-04-30); NPS-AM-11-C8P15R01-055
Cost growth continues to be a serious concern in major acquisition programs. A variety of causes have been identified for cost growth, including low initial cost estimates, complex acquisition processes, and immature ...
Cost and Time Overruns for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-05-11); NPS-AM-11-C8P14Z02-124
Cost and Time Overruns for Major Defense Acquisition Programs: An Annotated Brief
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-04-30); NPS-AM-11-C8P14R02-053
Cost and time overruns in Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) have become a high-profile problem attracting the interest of Congress, government, and watchdog groups. According to the GAO, the 98 MDAPs from FY2010 ...
Defense Industry Access to Capital Markets: Wall Street and the Pentagon
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-05-11); NPS-AM-11-C8P11Z01-115
Defense Industry Access to Capital Markets: Wall Street and the Pentagon, An Annotated Brief
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-04-30); NPS-AM-11-C8P11R01-045
Private companies rely on cash raised from capital markets to finance their operations, including expenditures on long-term assets (such as facilities and equipment), independent research and development (IRAD), and ...
Utilizing Statistical Inference to Guide Expectations and Test Structuring During Operational Testing and Evaluation
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-05-11); NPS-AM-11-C8P10Z03-114
Utilizing Statistical Inference to Guide Expectations and Test Structuring During Operational Testing and Evaluation
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-04-30); NPS-AM-11-C8P10R03-044
Comparative tests are commonly used during the operational testing phase to baseline the system under test (SUT) against the current status quo. Depending on the type of SUT, the comparative test may be costly and resource ...
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