Accession Number:

AD0880873

Title:

Work Breakdown Structure.

Descriptive Note:

Client rept.,

Corporate Author:

RESEARCH ANALYSIS CORP MCLEAN VA

Personal Author(s):

• O'Flaherty, J.

Report Date:

1971-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

This is one of a series of reports designed for use in a guidebook for life-cycle cost analysis in the US Army Materiel Command USAMC. The report is predicated on the fact that the practical application of the detailed work breakdown structure is largely controlled by the procurement and production agencies. As a consequence, the application of a work breakdown structure to cost analysis will of necessity reflect decisions made by those agencies. The first outlines the current practices the second, recommended practices and the third, an implementation plan for transforming the existing into the proposed situation. Author

Descriptors:

• *ARMY PROCUREMENT
• *WEAPON SYSTEMS
• MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
• STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
• ARMY TRAINING
• TOOL KITS
• TEST METHODS
• SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
• HANDBOOKS
• PRODUCTION
• MAINTENANCE
• SPARE PARTS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE