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Integrate or Innovate: Controlling Schedule Risk in Major Defense Acquisition Programs

Description:

The last thirty years have seen multiple DoD acquisition programs with significant cost and schedule overruns. This paper posits that the primary driver of schedule overruns is the difficulty of “inventing on a schedule” by undertaking risky technology development efforts within a Major Defense...

Author:

Manuel, Daniel G.

Keyword:

Engineering management, Technology Risk, Program management, Complex Systems, Schedule, and Systems engineering

GW Unit:

Engineering Management

Degree:

D.Engr.

Advisor:

Etemadi, Amir and Malalla, Ebrahim

Committee Member(s):

Blackburn, Timothy, Etemadi, Amir, and Malalla, Ebrahim

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation