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245 00 Sources of weapon system cost growth :|banalysis of 35 
       major defense acquisition programs /|cJoseph G. Bolten 
       [and others]. 
264  1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRand Corporation,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    1 online resource (xxv, 90 pages) :|billustrations 
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504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90). 
505 0  Introduction -- Study approach -- Cost growth selected 
       programs -- Summary and recommendations -- Appendix A: 
       Cost growth of individual programs -- Appendix B: Weighted
       cost growth -- Appendix C: Trigger events -- Appendix D: 
       OSD guidance and definitions of the SAR cost-variance 
       categories. 
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520    Previous studies have shown that the Department of Defense
       (DoD) and the military departments have historically 
       underestimated the cost of new weapon systems. Quantifying
       cost growth is important, but the larger issue is why cost
       growth occurs. To address that issue, this analysis uses 
       data from Selected Acquisition Reports to examine 35 
       mature, but not necessarily complete, major defense 
       acquisition programs similar to the type and complexity of
       those typically managed by the Air Force. The programs are
       first examined as a complete set, then Air Force and non-
       Air Force programs are analyzed separately to determine 
       whether the causes of cost growth in the two groups 
       differ. Four major sources of cost growth were identified:
       (1) errors in estimation and scheduling, (2) decisions 
       made by the government, (3) financial matters, and (4) 
       miscellaneous sources. Total (development plus 
       procurement) cost growth, when measured as simple averages
       among the program set, is dominated by decisions, which 
       account for more than two-thirds of the growth. Most 
       decisions-related cost growth involves quantity changes 
       (22 percent), requirements growth (13 percent), and 
       schedule changes (9 percent). Cost estimation (10 percent)
       is the only large contributor in the errors category. Less
       than 4 percent of the overall cost growth is due to 
       financial and miscellaneous causes. Because decisions 
       involving changes in requirements, quantities, and 
       production schedules dominate cost growth, program 
       managers, service leadership, and Congress should look for
       ways to reduce changes in these areas. 
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700 1  Bolten, J. G.|q(Joseph George),|d1944- 
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