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Title: | Total Ownership Cost Tools and Discipline |
Authors: | Mike Boudreau Brad Naegle |
Keywords: | Affordability Research and Development Cost Total Ownership Cost (TOC) Reduction in Total Ownership Cost (RTOC) Life Cycle Cost Operating & Support Cost Sustainment Cost Developmental Cost Production Cost Software Supportability Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) |
Issue Date: | 16-Mar-2011 |
Publisher: | Acquisition Research Program |
Citation: | Published--Unlimited Distribution |
Series/Report no.: | Affordability NPS-CE-11-014 |
Abstract: | System TOC is the same as Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and must be planned and controlled from requirements definition, system development, and sustainment focusing on affordability, and cost to achieve required operational availability. The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for managing system TOC, with input from key stakeholders, such as the sponsor and users. This paper updates our work in 2003, addressing initiatives to control cost, congressional pressure to control cost, leadership guidance, controls, and incentives that can be employed to encourage emphasis on system affordability. There is some discussion of metrics to control life cycle cost and the requirements for databases to assist in estimating and comparing life cycle costs. The growing cost of software supportability and its impact on system TOC is also discussed, along with methodologies for reducing these costs. |
Description: | Acquisition Management / NPS Faculty Research |
URI: | https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/2485 |
Appears in Collections: | Sponsored Acquisition Research & Technical Reports |
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