The Effects of Management Initiatives on the Costs and Schedules of Defense Acquisition Programs. Volume 2. Analyses of Ground Combat and Ship Programs

Tyson, Karen W.; Neang, I.; Gogerty, D. Calvin; Nelson, J. R.

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“…This is consistent with Tyson et al (1992), which found that for "most weapon types, systems that had a predecessor system had lower cost growth, because they usually are less risky technically." The coefficients associated with the procurement program type are somewhat sensitive to the regression specification and covariates included for the other cost and schedule growth regressions and were ultimately excluded from the non-development cost growth regressions reported in Table 3.1.…”

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“…This information includes McNicol, 2004;Drezner et al, 1993;Tyson et al, 1992) has found significant differences in cost and schedule growth among types of weapon systems. We categorize each MDAP into a weapon system category to capture differences in risk that may vary systematically with the type of weapon system being procured.…”

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Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)

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Section: Procurement Program Typesupporting

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Section: Other Program Characteristics To Considermentioning

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Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)

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Leonard²,

Pollak³

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“…The effectiveness of contract incentives has been validated by extensive research, including an Institute for Defense Analyses report that concluded "contract incentives, if successful, are an inexpensive way to induce contractors to reduce costs" and improve performance (Tyson, et al 1992). PBSA also encourages greater competition for government contracts by potentially reducing the barriers firms face in entering the defense market.…”

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Performance-Based Services Acquisition

Gansler¹,

Lucyshyn²,

Vorhis³

2011

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The Effects of Management Initiatives on the Costs and Schedules of Defense Acquisition Programs. Volume 2. Analyses of Ground Combat and Ship Programs

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Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)

Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)

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