Choice among Strategies for System Acquisition
Abstract
Improvement in the process of acquiring major weapon systems has been the subject of analyses and policy recommendations for several decades. While system costs have increased as weapon systems have grown more complex, for programs of comparable duration and technical difficulty the extent of cost growth over original estimates has not significantly improved. Furthermore, there is little evidence that procedural changes in recent practices of system acquisition will produce important improvements. To obtain a better understanding of this evidence, a model capturing the dimensions of and controls over an acquisition program is developed and analyzed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0748915
Entities
People
- Alvin J. Harman
Organizations
- RAND Corporation