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050  4 UF503|b.F54 2013 
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100 1  Mayer, Lauren A.,|eauthor. 
245 12 A risk assessment methodology and Excel tool for 
       acquisition programs /|cLauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Mark V.
       Arena, and Michael E. McMahon. 
264  1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRAND,|c2013. 
300    1 online resource (44 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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500    "RAND National Security Research Division." 
500    "This research was conducted within the Acquisition and 
       Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense 
       Research Institute"--Preface. 
500    Title from title screen (viewed on October 24, 2013). 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26). 
505 0  Introduction -- Assessor Tool Methodology -- An Example 
       Application of the Risk Assessor Tool -- Further 
       Applications -- Conclusion. 
520    Implementing risk management principles to manage large 
       defense acquisition programs is a priority for the U.S. 
       defense acquisition community. To assist those 
       decisionmakers responsible for identifying the risk 
       associated with major weapons programs, RAND researchers 
       developed a methodology and accompanying Excel, 
       information-based risk tool (the ́⁰Assessor Tooĺ⁰₊). The 
       Assessor Tool offers an Office of the Secretary of Defense
       (OSD)-level approach to the evaluation and measurement of 
       system integration risk. That is, it is meant for 
       assessors, such as OSD personnel, who may not be 
       especially familiar with the specific program under 
       evaluation but still may need to make judgments about the 
       programС́⁰₉s risk. It is based on a tractable and 
       comprehensive set of questions that can help evaluate 
       integration risk at each point in the acquisition process.
       More specifically, the tool enables users to see how well 
       integration risk is being managed by providing a standards
       -based valuation of integration issues that can lead to 
       cost growth, schedule growth, and program performance. The
       usersС́⁰₉ manual for the Assessor Tool is available in a 
       companion document, An Excel Tool to Assess Acquisition 
       Program Risk (by Lauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Mark V. Arena,
       and Michael E. McMahon, TL-113-OSD, 2013). The Assessor 
       Tool and its methodology may also be generalizable to an 
       entire set of information-based risk assessment 
       applications. Overall, the methodology and tool have many 
       strengths, including being based on well-grounded theories,
       allowing for reproducibility and traceability, and the 
       extensive flexibility to be used to evaluate risk for many
       different types of programs. To provide a benchmarking and
       validation of the risk scores calculated by the tool, 
       future work could include the toolС́⁰₉s validation by 
       tracking its output against a programС́⁰₉s performance. 
588 0  Online resource. 
588 0  Print version. 
610 10 United States.|bDepartment of Defense|xAppropriations and 
       expenditures. 
610 10 United States.|bDepartment of Defense|xProcurement|xCosts
       |xEvaluation|xMethodology. 
650  0 Systems integration|xRisk assessment|xMethodology. 
650  0 Weapons systems|zUnited States|xCosts|xForecasting. 
650  7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xMilitary Science.|2bisacsh 
651  0 United States|xArmed Forces|xWeapons systems|xCosts
       |xEvaluation|xMethodology. 
700 1  Arena, Mark V.,|eauthor. 
700 1  McMahon, Michael E.,|eauthor. 
710 2  Rand Corporation.|bNational Security Research Division. 
710 2  Acquisition and Technology Policy Center. 
710 2  Rand Corporation,|epublisher. 
710 1  United States.|bDepartment of Defense.|bOffice of the 
       Secretary of Defense. 
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