References for Capability Assessment, Acquisition Planning, and Cost Estimation
Abstract
This document addresses an Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) study responding to a Japanese government request for references that would be of assistance to Japan in conducting defense capability assessments, acquisition planning, and cost estimation. Sources reviewed included books, journals, periodicals, articles, documents, and websites. In developing the list of references, IDA's objective was to be highly selective, i.e., to incorporate the most pertinent and useful U.S., and non-U.S. publications and sources. The primary criteria for selecting references included: extent to which reference effectively addressed some major portion of the topic of interest for this project; quality and clarity of the writing; and userfriendliness. IDA's search efforts identified thirty-five references that met the criteria established for the study. Of this total, 54 percent address capability planning, 40 percent address costing, and the remaining 6 percent address cost reimbursable contracts. To enable study users to gain quick access to the references, the document includes a set of "References Access" CDs containing PDF files or links to websites where the publications can be directly downloaded at no cost or information on where the publications can be purchased or obtained from public and other libraries in the geographic vicinity of the user.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA552348
Entities
People
- Milton L. Tulkoff
- Rachel D. Dubin
- Wade P. Hinkle
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses