Risk, Uncertainty, and Trouble: Escaping the RUT of Program Instability

Abstract

When we say we are stuck in a rut, we imply our often repeated actions are forced on us by things outside our control. As if to say, we are not really as crazy as we look. But what if we build our own rut and then act as if we have no choice? When we talk about things that will happen in the future, we must remember those things have not yet happened. Because they have not happened, we must allow for the possibility they may happen differently from the way we expect, at different times, or not at all.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1016317

Entities

People

  • Brian Shimel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Instability
  • Money
  • Real Numbers
  • Standards
  • Uncertainty
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design