Technology Management Best Practices: Reducing Technology Identification, Evaluation, and Selection Costs

Abstract

We live in an uncertain environment. Military requirements are constantly evolving to keep pace with advances in technology and changes in the forces that threaten Americans. Assessing the success and effectiveness of today's complex systems is becoming an increasingly challenging and costly problem. The services are being asked to increase performance and reduce lifecycle costs. By beginning with the end in mind and using existing tools as a starting point, stakeholders can contribute to reduced program support costs, better justification of source selections, and better end products. Examples will demonstrate how alternatives can be prioritized to fit within budget constraints, how to link capabilities to cost, and how to efficiency select the best value among competing complex systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA487606

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Moretto

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Complex Systems
  • Contracts
  • Cost Reductions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Experimental Design
  • Identification
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Research
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Economics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis