Development of Standardized S Curves for the Evaluation of Major Department of Defense Purchases

Abstract

The increasing cost of Department of Defense acquisitions combined with the shrinking Defense budget puts a premium on continuing the funding of only those programs that are practical and affordable. This emphasizes a need for good methods of monitoring the progress of programs. Current methods of controlling and evaluating cost performance are limited. It is our belief that the generation of S-curves using current Cost and Schedule Control Systems Criteria (C/SCSC) data will provide a mathematical and/or graphical approach to assist in the control of program costs. This thesis attempted to plot the percentage of time for a contract's completion against the percentage of actual cost spent during that period. Each contract was separated into a sub-category, averaged and then plotted. This developed a signature curve for categories of contracts. S Curves, Rayleigh-Norden, Defense acquisition executive summary, Budgeted cost of work performed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273963

Entities

People

  • Michael E. Stroble
  • Richard E. Knepp

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Composite Materials
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Standards

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis