• DocumentCode
    1518104
  • Title

    Forecasting costs and completion dates for defense research and development contracts

  • Author

    Ruskin, A.M. ; Lerner, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Harvey Mudd Coll., Claremont, CA, USA
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1972
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Lastpage
    133
  • Abstract
    It is hypothesized that the actual final cost and time required to develop a new technological system can be forecast from initially negotiated costs and times and other administrative details that are available when the contract is negotiated. This hypothesis was tested by examining multiple regressions of total cost and time as functions of data available at the end of negotiations for 73 contracts administered by one division of the Air Force.
  • Keywords
    economics; project engineering; research and development management; completion dates; contract; costs; defence research and development contracts; forecasting; multiple regressions; negotiations; regression coefficients; regression equations; Complexity theory; Contracts; Data models; Equations; Personnel; Procurement; Research and development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9391
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEM.1972.6448400
  • Filename
    6448400
    • Link To Document
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