Introduction | p. 1 |
Background | p. 1 |
Objective of This Study | p. 2 |
Organization of This Report | p. 4 |
Study Approach | p. 5 |
Selection of Programs for Analysis | p. 5 |
Selected Acquisition Reports | p. 8 |
Classifying Cost-Growth Variances | p. 9 |
Problems in Interpreting SAR Cost-Variance Data | p. 11 |
Analysis of Programs | p. 13 |
Cost-Variance Categories | p. 14 |
Mapping of SAR Variance Categories | p. 20 |
Problems in Categorizing Cost Growth | p. 22 |
Cost Growth in Selected Programs | p. 25 |
Presentation of Data | p. 25 |
Multiservice Program Sample | p. 27 |
Comparison of Cost Growth in Air Force and Non-Air Force Programs | p. 35 |
Total Cost Growth, by Type of Program | p. 40 |
Summary and Recommendations | p. 45 |
Cost-Allocation Challenges | p. 45 |
Results of This Analysis | p. 46 |
Where Should Air Force Decision makers Direct Their Focus? | p. 49 |
Future Research | p. 50 |
Cost Growth of Individual Programs | p. 53 |
Weighted Cost Growth | p. 71 |
Trigger Events | p. 77 |
OSD Guidance and Definitions of the SAR Cost-Variance Categories | p. 83 |
Bibliography | p. 89 |
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