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dc.contributor.authorSeth T. Hooper
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-16T18:07:43Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-16T18:07:43Z-
dc.date.issued2011-11-16
dc.identifier.citationPublished--Unlimited Distribution
dc.identifier.urihttps://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/2018-
dc.descriptionCost Estimating / Graduate Student Research
dc.description.abstractThe current s-curve method of cost-risk analysis for major DoN acquisitions projects does not accurately estimate actual cost when the program reaches full-rate production. Another, sometimes more effective method of measuring cost risk, is the enhanced scenario-based method (eSBM) of risk analysis. The reason that cost estimations based on Milestone B costs are inaccurate is that little, if any, real information about the project is known at that point in the project. eSBM allows managers a less statistically tasking method of determining cost risk for a project, while still maintaining the requirements of the Weapons System Acquisitions Reform Act (WSARA) of 2009. In measuring the usefulness of eSBM, the key factors should focus on the acquisition strategy being used for the project and the time frame from Milestone B to later milestones. I hypothesized that different acquisition strategies will yield different levels of success in estimating cost risk for eSBM.
dc.description.sponsorshipAcquisition Research Program
dc.languageEnglish (United States)
dc.publisherAcquisition Research Program
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCost Risk Analysis
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNPS-CE-11-177
dc.subjectCost-Risk Analysis
dc.subjectActual Cost
dc.subjectFull-Rate Production
dc.subjectWeapons System Acquisitions Reform Act (WSARA)
dc.titleEnhancing the Enhanced Scenario-Based Method of Cost- Risk Analysis
dc.typeTechnical Report
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