COST AND TIME FACTORS RELATING TO RELIABILITY IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.
Abstract
This report presents the results of a study to determine the quantitative relationships between cost, time, and reliability in the development of systems or equipment. Systems and equipment studied consisted of a number of types, predominantly electronic, but including several which were electromechanical or mechanical-hydraulic. The report incorporates the results of a separate but related study to establish these relationships for a class of short- to medium-range aerodynamically supported guided missiles. A technique of estimation between combinations of cost/time/reliability is formulated from data collected from the experience of past development programs. The results are arranged as a cosecutive step procedure for making such estimations, using graphs and formulae derived from the data. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0447091
Entities
People
- Robert T. Williams
- Ward T. Shields