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Use And Effectiveness Of Contract Schedule Incentives In Air Force Materiel Command, Rodrick A. Koch Jun 2006

Use And Effectiveness Of Contract Schedule Incentives In Air Force Materiel Command, Rodrick A. Koch

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Are contract schedule incentives utilized by our acquisition contracting workforce, and if so what are their effectiveness? This research shows there is not widespread use of these types of incentives. There is also disagreement on their perceived effectiveness. Surveying, via email, the population of contracting officers and buyers within Air Force Materiel Command yielded responses from every center and many large acquisition systems. Only 8.5% of responses showed that they use schedule incentives. These respondents claim that schedule incentives are somewhat effective, yet of the 91.5 % that have not used them, 2-to-l say they would not be effective. The …


Implementation Of Earned Value Management Into The Software Acquisition Process, Louis D. Bryan Sep 1999

Implementation Of Earned Value Management Into The Software Acquisition Process, Louis D. Bryan

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The objective of this study was to determine the usefulness of Earned Value Management as a program management tool for the Department of Defense acquisition community. In making this determination, the study sought to uncover information about Earned Value Management from the contractor's perspective as well as the government administrator's perspective. It also sought to determine the usefulness of Earned Value Management during the different phases of the software acquisition process. The study utilized a structured questionnaire to acquire the data necessary for analysis. This data was analyzed to compare perceptions of the government and contractor communities in regard to …