Pre-Milestone A and Early-Phase Systems Engineering:

A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Acquisition

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Publication Year:2008

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Committee on Pre-Milestone A Systems Engineering: A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition, National Research Council
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The ability of U.S. military forces to field new weapons systems quickly and to contain their cost growth has declined significantly over the past few decades. There are many causes including increased complexity, funding instability, bureaucracy, and more diverse ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Summary	1-13	(skim)
1 Introduction and Overview	14-25	(skim)
2 Relationship Between Systems Engineering and Program Outcome	26-51	(skim)
3 Systems Engineering Workforce	52-74	(skim)
4 Systems Engineering Functions and Guidelines	75-108	(skim)
Appendixes	109-110	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	111-119	(skim)
Appendix B: Meetings and Speakers	120-123	(skim)
Appendix C: What Is Systems Engineering?	124-132	(skim)

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The ability of U.S. military forces to field new weapons systems quickly and to contain their cost growth has declined significantly over the past few decades. There are many causes including increased complexity, funding instability, bureaucracy, and more diverse user demands, but a view that is gaining more acceptance is that better systems engineering (SE) could help shorten development time. To investigate this assertion in more detail, the US Air Force asked the NRC to examine the role that SE can play during the acquisition life cycle to address root causes of program failure especially during pre-milestone A and early program phases. This book presents an assessment of the relationship between SE and program outcome; an examination of the SE workforce; and an analysis of SE functions and guidelines. The latter includes a definition of the minimum set of SE processes that need to be accounted for during project development.

Pre-Milestone A and Early-Phase Systems Engineering:

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