A New Way to Start Acquisition Programs: DoD Instruction 5000.02 and the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009

Abstract

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) made this statement regarding cost growth: While there are different ways to measure the extent and nature of cost growth, there is agreement between DOD and us on the sources of the problem:(1) programs are started with poor foundations and inadequate knowledge for developing realistic cost estimates; (2) programs move forward with artificially low cost estimates, optimistic schedules and assumptions, immature technologies and designs, and fluid requirements; (3) changing or excessive requirements cause cost growth; and (4) an imbalance between wants and needs contributes to budget and program instability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1015976

Entities

People

  • William R. Fast

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Overruns
  • Costs
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Management Training
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis