DOD Product Support Business Case Analysis Guidebook

Abstract

The Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA) is a structured methodology and document that aids decision making by identifying and comparing alternatives by examining the mission and business impacts (both financial and non financial), risks, and sensitivities. BCAs may be somewhat different from other decision support analyses through their emphasis of the enterprise wide perspective of stakeholders and decision makers and assessment of the holistic effects impacted by the decision. Other names for a BCA are Economic Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Benefit-Cost Analysis. Broadly speaking, a BCA is any documented, objective, value analysis exploring costs, benefits, and risks. The Product Support BCA concludes with a recommendation and associated specific actions and an implementation plan to achieve stated organizational objectives and desired outcomes. One principle application of the Product Support BCA guidebook is to assist the Product Support Manager (PSM) in identifying the product support strategy that achieves the optimal balance between Warfighter capabilities and affordability. The Product Support BCA does not replace the judgment of a decision maker. Rather, it provides an analytic, standardized, and objective foundation upon which credible decisions can be made. The Product Support BCA should be a comprehensive, fair, and accurate comparison when evaluating multiple alternatives. It should take into account broad Department wide impacts and context throughout the analysis. The PSM prepares a Product Support BCA for major product support decisions, especially those that result in new or changed resource requirements. The Product Support BCA helps leadership with significant investment and strategic decisions across all applications of Product Support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA606465

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Assistant Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Databases
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Network Protocols
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk Analysis
  • Supply Chain
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.