The Procurement Process and Program Cost Outcomes: A Systems Approach

Abstract

A systems approach is used to view the process by which the Department of Defense acquires and modifies its major weapon systems. Attention is focused on the program cost outcomes of this procurement process. The research seeks out the causes of why the final cost of a defense program or contract differs from earlier estimates. The evolution of the term cost overrun into cost growth is traced. Systems diagramming is used to develop a model of the procurement process. The model demonstrates the multiplicity of relationships affecting defense programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734440

Entities

People

  • Richard Stephen Sapp

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design