Validation and Verification of the Army Program Value Added Analysis
Abstract
Value Added Analysis (VAA) is the methodology used to aid senior Army decisionmakers in evaluating and prioritizing among competing alternatives in the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) building process. VAA helps to evaluate the relative contribution (Value Added) of systems of interest to force level performance. VAA is fully capable of examining tradeoffs across a wide range of program issues. Recent systems that have been evaluated using VAA include: Air Defense Anti-Tank System (ADATS), Reconnaissance and Attack Helicopter (RAH-66), and the Line of Sight Anti-Tank (LOSAT) System. Because the methodology is expanding beyond the research, development, and acquisition (RDA) appropriations and growing in popularity there is a critical need to assess and improve it. The purpose of this report is to provide a timely and unbiased analysis of VAA and make recommendations for possible modifications to the methodology. VAA is a useful tool to use in producing an acquisition strategy based upon cost effectiveness. It provides an insight to senior decisionmakers as to what systems are not feasible to buy when changes are made in the Total Obligation Authority (TOA). It can force particular systems to be procured and identify systems no longer recommended, indicating possible trade-offs. VAA output indicates the types and quantities of systems of interest to be procured which give the maximum effectiveness at any given TOA funding level. VAA output can also include a funding and acquisition stream which can be used for planning and programming the systems of interest.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA350207
Entities
People
- Michael G. Titone
Organizations
- United States Military Academy