Prolonged Cycle Times and Schedule Growth in Defense Acquisition A Literature Review

• Main Author: Riposo, Jessie (auth)
• Other Authors: McKernan, Megan (auth), Duran, Chelsea Kaihoi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Military history; History of the Americas; Military engineering; Technology; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report summarizes a selection of the defense acquisition literature from the 1960s to the present on potential sources of prolonged acquisition cycle times and schedule growth, as well as potential opportunities for improvement. It presents the range of possible causes of schedule-related probl...