Accession Number:

AD1023260

Title:

Should Cost: A Strategy for Managing Military Systems Money

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

National Guard Bureau Headquarters Arlington United States

Personal Author(s):

• Miller,Jennifer A.

Report Date:

2016-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

My first introduction to should cost occurred about 5 years ago when holding a nonacquisition billet. This peripheral perspective caused me to reach out to the Defense Acquisition University DAU community to learn more. As I recall, one remark about will cost and should cost was that they resembled a kitten with a yarn ballthings would get complex in due course. I chuckled, but I also kept tabs as the next few years passed, and I ended up directly handling should cost for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Centers AFLCMC Armament Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base AFB in Florida. That is where I got the hot wash of should costs evolution and quick handoff from a departing Service member who was the primary point of contact since introduction to the weapons portfolio in 2013.

Descriptors:

• life cycle management
• military acquisition
• defense industry
• cost analysis
• lessons learned
• value engineering
• case studies
• department of defense

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE