Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs

by Thomas Light, Robert S. Leonard, Julia Pollak

To help the Air Force better anticipate cost and schedule challenges and manage programs, this study developed a methodology to evaluate the likelihood of cost growth and schedule slip for major defense acquisition projects (MDAPs). The authors apply this methodology to programs currently in the Air Force's MDAP portfolio to assess future risk of cost growth and schedule slip.

94 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2017