| Description |
1 online resource (139 pages) |
| Series |
IDA paper ; P-5243 redacted.
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| Summary |
Assuring affordability for Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition programs has been an enduring goal that has seldom been achieved. The consequences are cancelling or curtailing programs that turn out to be unaffordable, with much attendant waste. That danger is even greater when DOD budgets are declining. This study concluded that DOD lacks coherent, disciplined processes for assessing and assuring more affordable investment programs. Furthermore, affordability cannot be effectively addressed at acquisition milestone reviews--it must be addressed in an issue paper in the DOD Program Review process. Without that context, DOD acquisition executives cannot make informed decisions about affordability at milestone reviews. The Defense Program Projection (DPP) is a long-term fiscal and force planning tool that is valuable in assessing acquisition affordability; however, in recent years it has seen little use for that purpose. This paper recommends (1) revitalizing the DPP as an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)-directed project that is systematically updated and (2) using the DPP in the each Program Review process to address the affordability of the overall DOD acquisition program. The Defense Acquisition Board should draw on the DPP and the latest affordability issue paper at each acquisition milestone to provide a context for decisions regarding affordability |
| Analysis |
Cost Analysis |
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*COSTS |
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ACQUISITION |
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CASE STUDIES |
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COST ESTIMATES |
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*AFFORDABILITY CONSTRAINTS |
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*DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS |
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BBP(BETTER BUYING POWER) |
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DTC(DESIGN TO COST) |
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*CAIV(COST AS AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE) |
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O AND S(OPERATING AND SUPPORT) |
| Notes |
"Feb. 1, 2015." |
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English |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Finance.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army fast |
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Armed Forces -- Procurement.
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Logistics.
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Military bases.
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Military supplies.
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Armed Forces -- Finance
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Armed Forces -- Procurement
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Logistics
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Military bases
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Military supplies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Porter, Gene H.
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Conley, Kathleen M.
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Gordon, C. Vance.
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Kneece, R. Royce.
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Rieksts, Brian Q.
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Institute for Defense Analyses.
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