Contract Over Target Baseline Effect on Earned Value Management's Cost Performance Index - Brossura

Jack, Dennis E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1288326521 ISBN 13: 9781288326525

Casa editrice: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2012

Riassunto

Cost growth is a problem in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions. A particular component of cost growth is a cost overrun or Over Target Baseline (OTB). In 2009, Trahan found that the Gompertz growth curve better predicted program Estimates at Completion (EAC) for OTB contracts. In 2010, Thickstun studied "the relationships between overruns and a variety of factors," but found OTB occurrences "random" and questioned the benefit of the OTB process (Thickstun, 2010). In this research, we study OTB's ability to effect improved program cost performance; we examine OTB's effect on the cumulative Cost Performance Index (CPI) slope after an OTB intervention. We find there is no statistically significant change in cumulative CPI slope after OTB. For the data studied, an OTB investment does not significantly improve management's ability to earn cost value as reflected in the cumulative CPI slope.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1288326521
• ISBN 13: 9781288326525
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 60