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100 1  Riposo, Jessie,|eauthor. 
245 10 Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense 
       acquisition :|ba literature review /|cJessie Riposo, Megan
       McKernan, Chelsea Kaihoi Duran. 
264  1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRAND,|c[2014] 
264  4 |c©2014 
300    1 online resource (xviii, 83 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
500    "National Defense Research Institute." 
500    "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." 
500    "RR-455-OSD"--Page 4 of cover. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-83). 
520    This report summarizes a selection of the defense 
       acquisition literature from the 1960s to the present on 
       potential sources of prolonged acquisition cycle times and
       schedule growth, as well as potential opportunities for 
       improvement. It presents the range of possible causes of 
       schedule-related problems and various recommendations 
       cited for improving schedules by various authors and 
       organizations. This report does not provide critical 
       analysis or an assessment of the strengths or weaknesses 
       of the claims made in the literature. Rather, it provides 
       a starting point for further research or consideration by 
       government acquisition professionals, oversight 
       organizations, and the analytic community. We identified 
       the following reasons for schedule delays in the 
       literature: (1) the difficulty of managing technical risk 
       (e.g., program complexity, immature technology, and 
       unanticipated technical issues), (2) initial assumptions 
       or expectations that were difficult to fulfill (e.g., 
       schedule estimates, risk control, requirements, and 
       performance assumptions), and (3) funding instability. The
       most commonly cited recommendations for reducing cycle 
       time and controlling schedule growth in the literature are
       strategies that manage or reduce technical risk. Some of 
       those recommendations include using incremental fielding 
       or evolutionary acquisition strategies, developing 
       derivative products (rather than brand-new designs), using
       mature or proven technology (id est, commercial, off-the-
       shelf components), maintaining stable funding, and using 
       atypical contracting vehicles. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Armed Forces|xProcurement. 
650  7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xMilitary Science.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Armed Forces|xProcurement.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00814624 
700 1  McKernan, Megan,|eauthor. 
700 1  Duran, Chelsea Kaihoi,|eauthor. 
710 2  National Defense Research Institute (U.S.),|eissuing body.
710 1  United States.|bDepartment of Defense.|bOffice of the 
       Secretary of Defense,|esponsoring body. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aRiposo, Jessie.|tProlonged cycle times 
       and schedule growth in defense acquisition|z0833085158
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