The Effect of Feedback on Cost Performance Report Utility
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to assess the effect of feedback on the utility of the Cost Performance Report (CPR). The effort consisted of administering a controlled experiment to two groups: a gathering of contractor personnel and a group of Government employees. Both groups had some degree of knowledge in the area of variance analysis reporting. Each experiment consisted of two randomly assigned instruments, the feedback instrument (given to the experimental group) and the non-feedback instrument (given to the control group) . The feedback used in this experiment was similar to structure to the Defense Acquisition Executive Summary Format 11, specifically as formatted in the Program Director's Assessment Review. Both of these reports are used by government program offices to report contract cost and schedule information to higher levels of the government procurement community. The experiment required the subjects to perform a task similar to that performed during the preparation of a CPR and to provide a response in the form of a variance analysis. The responses were rated by three experts and the mean values of the feedback responses and non-feedback responses were tested to determine if a statistically significant difference existed between the two means. Theses. (sdw)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA216340
Entities
People
- Juan H. Amaral
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology