Cost Growth - Effects of Contract Size, Duration, Inflation, and Technology Level

Abstract

The purpose of the report is to present selected findings resulting from research on contract cost growth and to indicate the future directions to be taken in studying cost growth. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the March 1971 Army Procurement Research Office publication, Production Cost Growth and has a basic understanding of procurement and the subject of cost growth in general. The report contains results of further analyses of the data obtained in the DD Form 1500 and Contractor Performance Evaluation Forms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0746620

Entities

People

  • Harold F. Candy
  • Robert L. Launer
  • Shirley H. Carter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Overruns
  • Costs
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Logistics Management
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Procurement
  • Regression Analysis

Readers

  • Economics
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.