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9780833058966

Learning from Experience Vol. II : Lessons from the U. S. Navy's Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia Submarine Programs

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  • ISBN13:

    9780833058966

  • ISBN10:

    0833058967

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-01-31
  • Publisher: Natl Book Network
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Summary

The U.S. Navy asked the RAND Corporation to develop a set of lessons learned from previous submarine programs that could help inform future program managers. This volume presents lessons from three U.S.submarine programs. The RAND team looked at how the programs were managed, the issues that affected management decisions, and the outcomes of those decisions. An overarching lesson from the three programs is the importance of program stability.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. iii
Figuresp. ix
Tablesp. xi
Summaryp. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xxvii
Abbreviationsp. xxix
Introductionp. 1
Organization of This Documentp. 3
U.S. Nuclear Submarines Up to Ohiop. 5
Historical Lessons in Submarine Acquisitionp. 8
Ohio Case Studyp. 11
Backgroundp. 11
Setting the Requirementsp. 15
Acquisition Strategyp. 18
Designing and Building the Ohio-Class Submarinesp. 21
New Facilitiesp. 23
Workforce Issuesp. 25
Quality Control Issuesp. 26
Government-Furnished Equipmentp. 27
Design Changesp. 29
Areas of Schedule Delays and Cost Growthp. 30
Schedule Delaysp. 30
Cost Growthp. 32
Life-Cycle Issuesp. 34
Conversions to SSGNp. 35
Lessons from the Ohio Programp. 36
Seawolf Case Studyp. 43
Backgroundp. 43
Setting the Requirementsp. 44
Acquisition Strategyp. 46
Designing and Building the Seawolf-Class Submarinesp. 48
Facility and Workforce Issuesp. 51
Quality Control Issuesp. 51
Government- and Contractor-Furnished Equipmentp. 52
Design Changesp. 52
Areas of Schedule Delays and Cost Growthp. 53
Life-Cycle Issuesp. 56
Lessons from the Seawolf Programp. 56
Moving to the First Post-Cold War Submarine Programp. 58
Virginia Case Studyp. 61
Backgroundp. 61
Setting the Requirementsp. 63
Acquisition Strategyp. 68
Designing and Building the Virginia-Class Submarinesp. 70
Software Toolsp. 78
Modular Buildp. 80
Metrics and Oversightp. 82
Areas of Cost Growth and Schedule Delaysp. 86
Life-Cycle Issuesp. 89
Lessons from the Virginia Programp. 90
Lessons Identifiedp. 93
Top-Level Strategic Lessonsp. 96
Supporting and Managing the Programp. 98
Setting Operational Requirementsp. 100
Establishing a Contracting Environmentp. 102
Designing and Building the Submarinesp. 106
Planning for Integrated Logistics Supportp. 108
Appendix: Significant Events in the Three Programsp. 111
Bibliographyp. 117
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