The Veterans Administration's Efforts to Consolidate Computer Programming Resources at a Single Location.

Abstract

The purpose of our review was to assess the adequacy of the tangible or measurable aspects of VA's justification for establishing the CDC in Austin. We examined the estimate of costs and benefits of establishing the CDC derived from comparing the costs of performing computer program development and maintenance work over a 5-year period under (1) the present decentralized or five-DPC approach, and (2) the proposed centralized or CDC approach. (Within the cost/benefit frame of reference, the costs of the present approach are called benefits if they exceed the costs of the proposed approach. Further, savings or net benefits are the costs of the present approach in excess of the proposed approach.) We also examined the methodology and productivity data ODM&T used to project personnel savings to accrue from establishing the CDC. We used CDC cost and benefit data available as of the end of April 1981.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107197

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Business Administration
  • Clinical Laboratories
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Productivity
  • Reliability
  • Training
  • United States
  • Work Measurement

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