Program Affordability Tradeoffs

Abstract

In todays fiscal environment, federal programs must be postured to conduct on-going tradeoff analyses to stay affordable as budgets are reduced and capabilities change or become more challenging to implement. This research focuses on recommended practices for conducting economic resource-constrained tradeoff analyses. The goal is to offer guidance to programs in making cost-effective affordability decisions that keep the program within its budget, or to find economic efficiencies if the program is currently affordable and within its budget.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2016
Accession Number
AD1016827

Entities

People

  • Brian Schmidt
  • Ginny Wydler
  • Josie Sterling
  • Patricia Salamone

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Life Cycles
  • Project Management
  • Risk Analysis

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies