Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches. Volume 4

Abstract

In addition to doing root cause analyses on major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) that incurred Nunn-McCurdy breaches, the Director of the Office of Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analyses (PARCA) asked RAND to explore some additional issues to determine whether they might affect the management of such programs. This report presents research conducted on three relevant topics: the tenure of program managers, the need for Department of Defense (DoD) level oversight on Acquisition Category (ACAT) II programs, and the potential use of framing assumptions as a way to manage program risk. The issues raised by these topics are discussed briefly below.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA586231

Entities

People

  • Abby Doll
  • Charles Nemfakos
  • Daniel F. Mccaffrey
  • Irv Blickstein
  • James G. Kallimani
  • Jeffrey A. Drezner
  • Jennifer Kavanagh
  • Mark V. Arena
  • Megan Mckernan
  • Rena Rudavsky

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Contracts
  • Flight Training
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Military Procurement
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management