Accession Number:

AD1016829

Title:

Squaring the Project Management Circle: Updating the Cost, Schedule, and Performance Methodology

Descriptive Note:

Conference Paper

Corporate Author:

Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States

Personal Author(s):

• Pickar,Charles

Report Date:

2016-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

In the ever increasing complexity of defense acquisition, the traditional metrics for defense projects of cost, schedule, and performance are insufficient. This paper explores the concept of cost, schedule, and performance to determine if these three quintessential project management criteria are sufficient to serve as the guiding principles for defense project managers. The ever increasing complexity of the weapons system development environment, from the necessity for specialization to the intricacies of new technology, requires a broader view than that offered by cost, schedule, and performance. In squaring the project management circle, we must add a fourth variable, context, to provide focus. Because if we measure it, it will get done.

Descriptors:

• project management
• acquisition
• cost analysis
• scheduling
• performance(human)
• weapon systems

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE