Title Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches Vol. 4 : program manager tenure, oversight of acquisition category II programs, and framing assumptions / Mark V. Arena, Irv Blickstein, Abby Doll, Jeffrey A. Drezner, James G. Kallmani, Jennifer Kavanagh, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Megan McKernan, Charles Nemfakos, Rena Rudavsky, Jerry M. Sollinger, Daniel Tremblay, Carolyn Wong.

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (xxx, 115 pages) : color illustrations
Note	"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115).
Contents	Introduction -- Program Manager Tenure -- Oversight of ACAT II Programs -- Framing Assumptions -- Conclusions.
Summary	Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds. The authors calculate program manager tenure to determine whether tenures have lengthened since policy guidance was issued in 2005 and 2007. They also address the question of whether existing decentralized systems used to track the cost growth and performance of acquisition category II programs are sufficient or whether additional centralized guidance and control from the Office of the Secretary of Defense are warranted. A third question deals with the management of cost and schedule risk and whether the identification of key assumptions, which the authors call framing assumptions, could be a useful risk management tool.
Note	Print version.
Subject	United States. Department of Defense -- Procurement -- Costs.
	Defense contracts -- United States.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- Costs.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Equipment -- Costs.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
Added Author	Blickstein, Irv, 1939- author.
	Doll, Abby, author.
	Drezner, Jeffrey A., author.
	Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981- author.
	McCaffrey, Daniel F., author.
	McKernan, Megan, author.
	Nemfakos, Charles Panagiotis, author.
	Sollinger, Jerry M., author.
	Tremblay, Daniel, author.
	Wong, Carolyn, 1952- author.
	Acquisition and Technology Policy Center.
	Rand Corporation, publisher.
	United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Other Form:	Print version: Arena, Mark V. Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches Vol. 4. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013 9780833082053 0833082051 (OCoLC)860753853
ISBN	9780833083791 (electronic bk.)
	0833083791 (electronic bk.)
Report No.	RAND/MG-1171/4-OSD

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