Morgan Dwyer

Thomas Jefferson University

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Zoe Szajnfarber

George Washington University

Bruce Cameron

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Edward F. Crawley

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniel Selva

Texas A&M University

Douglas B. Helmuth

Lockheed Martin (United States)

C. A. Wilson

Ministry Of Health

M. J. Coe

University of Southampton

Clinita Randolph

Drexel University

J. Fabregat

Universitat de València

I. A. Steele

Liverpool John Moores University

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Goddard Space Flight Center

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The Cost of Jointness: Insights from Environmental Monitoring Systems in Low-Earth Orbit

Morgan Dwyer

This report summarizes the results of doctoral research that explored the cost impact of acquiring complex government systems jointly. The report begins by reviewing recent evidence that suggests that joint programs experience greater cost growth than non-joint programs. It continues by proposing an alternative approach for studying cost growth on government acquisition programs and demonstrates the utility of this approach by applying it to study the cost of jointness on three past programs that developed environmental monitoring systems for low-Earth orbit. Ultimately, the report concludes that joint programs' costs grow when the collaborating government agencies take action to retain or regain their autonomy. The report provides detailed qualitative and quantitative data in support of this conclusion and generalizes its findings to other joint programs that were not explicitly studied here. Finally, it concludes by presenting a quantitative model that assesses the cost impacts of jointness and by demonstrating how government agencies can more effectively architect joint programs in the future.

Earth system science

10.2172/1323608

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Understanding Acquisition Speed for the Defense Department’s Costliest and Most Complex Programs

Morgan Dwyer

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