Guidelines in Accumulating Financial Data on Future Weapons

Frederick S. Pardee

ResearchPublished 1960

Guidelines for collecting the financial data requisite to weapon-system evaluation. Part I discusses costing concepts, the handling of uncertainty, and the necessity of ensuring that the financial information is appropriate to the end use for which it is intended. Part II indicates the overwhelming importance of descriptive data for each of the alternative hardware designs, operational concepts, or test and deployment schedules being investigated. In Part III, two basic forms are furnished that show the major cost elements that should be estimated to determine the economic impact of the future weapon system. The forms suggest the financial input needed in cost-effectiveness evaluation of alternative possible decisions on weapon-system development, procurement, and operation.

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  • Year: 1960
  • Pages: 46
  • Document Number: RM-2583-ARPA

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Pardee, Frederick S., Guidelines in Accumulating Financial Data on Future Weapons. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1960. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2583.html.
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