Contracting for Schedule Performance: The Relationship Between Pre- Contract-Award Management Actions by the DoD and the Resultant Schedule Performance
Abstract
This research focused on the pre-contract-award management actions of small-scale, design and development contracts and the relationship of these actions to schedule performance. Three phases of the contractual process were studied: the planning, specifying, and controlling phases. A sample of 25 contracts from SPOs at Wright-Patterson AFB was obtained. Data on the variables were obtained directly from the contract files and from the contract-management database, AMIS. Regression analysis techniques were used to identify the pre- contract-award management actions that were related to schedule performance. The number of contract modifications was found to be the most significant factor related to schedule performance. Pre-contract-award management actions that showed a significant relationship to schedule performance were whether the contract was pre-scheduled, whether the contract involved concurrency, whether a preliminary WBS had been developed, whether the contract utilized a Type A or Type B specification, whether the contract required the schedule information to be presented in network format, and the numbers of DIDs specified in the CDRL. In addition to the identification of these actions, the study revealed that the management of schedule was not well understood within the SPOs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA274211
Entities
People
- John R. Topfer
- Richard G. Hazeldean
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology