Front-End Analysis Guidelines

Abstract

Guidelines are provided to assist Air Force Human Resources Laboratory personnel in conceptualizing, planning, and conducting front-end analysis (FEA) studies. Types of analyses covered are: forecasts of future requirements, assessments of emerging technologies, research and development plans evaluation, definition and comparison of alternative system configurations and deployment strategies, product value estimation, benefit estimation, life- cycle cost (LCC) analysis and advanced planning studies. Questions are provided to help decide which types of FEA to conduct; recommendations are made regarding the content of FEA reports; and a list of 'Do's' and 'Don't's'. Keywords: Air Force research; Research management; Human factors engineering; Cost effectiveness; Forecasting/planning; Air Force equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA224372

Entities

People

  • Robert W. Stephenson

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Deployment
  • Economic Analysis
  • Emerging Technology
  • Human Resources
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Procurement
  • Resource Management
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering