An Analysis of Return on Investment of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) Program

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to calculate a value for the return on investment (ROI) of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES). The research examines previous work performed by the CANES team in the development of a business case for CANES. This thesis also discusses some of the intangible benefits of CANES and difference between cost savings and cost avoidance. The thesis focuses on quantifying the possible benefits of upgrading the current shipboard network system to the CANES system, and determining whether those benefits are likely to be realized in actual operations. The researcher calculated a CANES ROI of 73 percent. A sensitivity analysis was performed to examine how ignoring cost avoidance affects the calculated value of ROI, along with how much other input factors would have to change in order to make the CANES investment unattractive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA524689

Entities

People

  • Aleron B. Rognlie

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cross Domain
  • Data Transmission
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Software Development
  • Uss Abraham Lincoln

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis