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CSBA Report: Focus On Time, Not Cost, With Defense Programs

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Thursday, October 16th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford A former Pentagon official is recommending shifting from focusing on cost-based to time-based metrics for defense acquisition programs, which he said would control costs and schedule slippages and better leverage the U.S. defense industry. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Senior Fellow Barry Watts, a former head of the Pentagon's Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, asserts in a report released yesterday that shifting to time-based acquisition offers advantages including increased resistance to requirements changes from government…

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