Accession Number:

ADA076600

Title:

Venture Evaluation and Review Technique (VERT). Users'/Analysts' Manual

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

JOINT CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION PROGRAM COORDINATING GROUP ROCK ISLAND IL DECISION MODELS DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Moeller, Gerald L.

Report Date:

1979-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

101.0

Abstract:

This report is a UsersAnalysts Manual for the Venture Evaluation and Review Technique vert. The basic purpose of VERT is to support management in the assessment and quantification of the risk involved in new ventures and projects, to provide estimates of capital requirements, and to evaluate ongoing projects, programs, and systems. VERT is totally computerized. It permits analyses of risk in three parameters -- time, cost, and performance. More importantly, it permits the user to scope his problem in any level detail desired. This manual provides definitions of system operands and capabilities, input formats and run options, example problems, and auxiliary aids for model operations.

Descriptors:

• *DECISION MAKING
• *NETWORK ANALYSIS(MANAGEMENT)
• *RISK
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• COSTS
• ESTIMATES
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• INVESTMENTS
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
• TIME

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE