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Conference Paper Program Management, Portfolio Management, Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense 29 October 2013

Developing the Apache helicopter

By Garfein, Steve This paper traces the transition of the Hughes Helicopter Company during the 1970s from a technically excellent company with a history of poor management to one that continued being technically…

Article Scheduling, Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense March 2010

Project Management Journal

Causal inferences on the cost overruns and schedule delays of large-scale U.S. federal defense and intelligence acquisition programs

By Meier, Steven R. A study was undertaken to understand why cost overruns and schedule delays have occurred and continue to occur on large-scale U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community programs. Analysis…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Aerospace & Defense 19 October 2008

Integrating risk and earned value management

By Shepherd, Bill The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has spearheaded many major advances in modern project management. One of these involves the integration of risk management and earned value management…

Article Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense 1 March 2008

Project Management Journal

Formulation of financial valuation methodologies for NASA's human spaceflight projects

By Hawes, W. Michael | Duffey, Michael R. The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is continually evaluating proposals to improve its human spaceflight systems. But because of its current restricted budget,…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, Aerospace & Defense 19 July 2006

Phase earned value analysis

By Bower, Douglas C. In the search to find methods to improve project performance, an increasing number of organizations--mostly those in the aerospace and defense industries--have adopted earned value management (EVM).…

Conference Paper Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Optimizing programs with uncertain funding

By Woods, Tom In today's highly competitive and uncertain defense appropriations environment, it is critical that programs be prepared for the need to adjust their execution plans in order to accommodate changes…

Article Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense September 2000

Project Management Journal

The role of contract type in the success of R&D defense projects under increasing uncertainty

By Sadeh, Arye | Dvir, Dov | Shenhar, Aaron This study attempts to reveal the effect of the contract type on the success of defense projects contingent with the level of technological uncertainty existing at the beginning of the project.…

Article Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense September 1998

Project Management Journal

Does a rubber baseline guarantee cost overruns on defense acquisition contracts ?

By Christensen, David S. | Gordon, James A. A common assertion in defense literature is that an unstable budget baseline contributes to cost overruns on defense acquisition contracts. Using cost performance data from over 400 defense…

Article Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense May 1996

PM Network

Defeating the cost plus paradigm in defense projects

By Fletcher, Charles Those of us who grew up in the government contracts business during the ’70s and ’80s should have a good understanding of the Cost Plus concept in pricing a contract. This phenomenon had its…

Article Benefits Realization, Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense May 1996

PM Network

The earned value body of knowledge

By Fleming, Quentin W. | Koppelman, Joel M. Although the concept of earned value originated with industrial engineers in factories at the turn of the century, the collection of knowledge centered on its practical applications has been done…