The Relationship Between Cost Growth and Schedule Growth

Abstract

Considerable speculation has been put forward regarding schedule changes and cost growth. Surprising new findings from Selected Acquisition Reports will show the connection between cost and schedule as well as cost growth and schedule changes. The probability distribution function of the schedule size growth data will be presented. The paper will demonstrate that knowledge of program cost does not allow for prediction of program duration neither is the reverse possible. A longer version of this paper has been received enthusiastically at the Department of Defense Cost Analysis Symposium the Society for Cost Estimating and Analysis the Program Management Institute Symposium the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Aeronautical Systems Center/Industry Cost and Schedule workshop.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA423531

Entities

People

  • Jessica R. Summerville
  • Megan E. Dameron
  • Richard L. Coleman

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Costs
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electronic Mail
  • Intelligence Community
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Mathematics
  • Military Acquisition
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Program Management
  • Statistics
  • Universities

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology