Are ships different? : policies and procedures for the acquisition of ship programs / Jeffrey A. Drezner [and others].

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
Description
xxv, 93 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

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    • Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-991-OSD/NAVY. [More in this series]
    • 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.
    Notes
    "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.
    ISBN
    • 9780833050137 ((pbk.))
    • 0833050133 ((pbk.))
    Tech. report no.
    RAND MG991
    LCCN
    2011940470
    OCLC
    757480499
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