Cost Analysis for Planning, Programming, Budgeting Cost-Benefit Studies
Expert InsightsPublished 1966
Expert InsightsPublished 1966
An orientation to systems cost analysis for civil service employees involved in the implementation and operation of the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System in nondefense agencies. Intended primarily for users of cost estimates and as a starting point for newly designated cost analysts, the paper reviews the principles, concepts, approach, techniques, and guidelines of systems cost analysis in support of cost-benefit studies. The most important features are taken to be end-product orientation, extended time horizon, incremental costing, life-cycle basis, dollar basis of comparison, and the statistical techniques employed. (Prepared for presentation at a series of seminars conducted by the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Office of Career Development, in cooperation with the University of Maryland.)
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