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Are ships different? : policies and procedures for the acquisition of ship programs / Jeffrey A. Drezner [and others].
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Language
English
Published/Created
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
Description
xxv, 93 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
VC263 .A797 2011
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Warships
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United States
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Shipbuilding contracts
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United States
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Shipbuilding
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Government policy
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United States
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United States Navy
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Procurement
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United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
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National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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Drezner, Jeffrey A.
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Series
Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-991-OSD/NAVY.
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RAND Corporation monograph series ; MG-991-OSD/NAVY
Summary note
"The management and oversight of a major defense acquisition program are exceedingly complex processes. The U.S. Department of Defense has a well-established set of policies, procedures, and organizations for program management and oversight, described in the '5000 series' of directives and instructions. Not all weapon systems fit comfortably within this framework, however. In particular, ship acquisition programs have characteristics that deviate from the normal framework, including concurrency of production and subsystem development, low production quantity and rate, varied test and evaluation procedures, and a unique relationship between milestone decision points and actual construction status. The authors explore these differences in detail, suggesting policies that can better account for the differences in ship acquisition programs without compromising oversight or establishing an entirely separate process."--Publisher's description.
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"National Defense Research Institute."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-93).
Funding information
Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the United States Navy W74V8H-06-C-0002.
Contents
Introduction
How are shipbuilding acquisitions treated differently in policy?
Stakeholder interviews
Program comparisons
Skip acquisition alternatives
Conclusions and recommendations
Appendixes. A. Summary of other acquisition documents relating to shipbuilding programs
B. Additional ship and nonship program data.
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ISBN
9780833050137 ((pbk.))
0833050133 ((pbk.))
Tech. report no.
RAND MG991
LCCN
2011940470
OCLC
757480499
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Are ships different? : policies and procedures for the acquisition of ship programs / Jeffrey A. Drezner ... [et al.].
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