Development of Standardized S Curves for the Evaluation of Major Department of Defense Purchases

Author

Richard E. Knepp
Michael E. Stroble

Date of Award

9-1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Abstract

The increasing cost of Department of Defense acquisitions combined with the shrinking Defense budget puts a premium on continuing the funding of only those programs that are practical and affordable. This emphasizes a need for good methods of monitoring the progress of programs. Current methods of controlling and evaluating cost performance are limited. It is our belief that the generation of S-curves using current Cost and Schedule Control Systems Criteria (C/SCSC) data will provide a mathematical and/or graphical approach to assist in the control of program costs. This thesis attempted to plot the percentage of time for a contract's completion against the percentage of actual cost spent during that period. Each contract was separated into a sub-category, averaged and then plotted. This developed a signature curve for categories of contracts.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GCA-LAS-93S-7

DTIC Accession Number

ADA273963

Comments

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Logistics and Acquisitions Management of the Air Force Institute of Technology

The authors' Vita pages are omitted.

Recommended Citation

Knepp, Richard E. and Stroble, Michael E., "Development of Standardized S Curves for the Evaluation of Major Department of Defense Purchases" (1993). Theses and Dissertations. 7272.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/7272