Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand

The challenges program managers encounter in attempting to deliver programs on time and on budget are well substantiated. A significant driver of the turbulence experienced by acquisition programs today is the transformation to joint capabilities. This report describes a series of ongoing research efforts, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), that investigated the role of interdependence in the acquisition of major defense acquisition programs.

The overall goal of the research was to identify, quantify, and assess the degree of programmatic and constructive interdependence and to assess the effects of interdependence on program risk. A number of important findings and noteworthy insights were discovered as programs were examined in light of their interdependencies with other programs. The results indicate that an expanded definition of interdependencies along with the incorporation of network analysis tools may provide important insights into program performance in a joint capability arena.

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Authors

Robert M. Flowe

Mark Kasunic

Mary M. Brown

Paul L. Hardin, III

James McCurley

David Zubrow

William Anderson

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Measurement and Analysis
Process Improvement
System of Systems

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-2010-TR-024
July 2010

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SEI:

Flowe, Robert; Kasunic, Mark; Brown, Mary; Hardin, III, Paul; McCurley, James; Zubrow, David; & Anderson, William. Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand (CMU/SEI-2010-TR-024). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tr024.cfm

IEEE:

R. Flowe, M. Kasunic, M. Brown, P. Hardin, III, J. McCurley, D. Zubrow, and W. Anderson, "Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2010-TR-024, 2010. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tr024.cfm

APA:

Flowe, R., Kasunic, M., Brown, M., Hardin, III, P., McCurley, J., Zubrow, D., & Anderson, W. (2010). Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand (CMU/SEI-2010-TR-024). Retrieved May 19, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tr024.cfm

CHI:

Flowe, Robert, Mark Kasunic, Mary Brown, Paul Hardin, III, James McCurley, David Zubrow, and William Anderson. Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand (CMU/SEI-2010-TR-024). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tr024.cfm

MLA:

Flowe, R., Kasunic, M., Brown, M., Hardin, III, P., McCurley, J., Zubrow, D., & Anderson, W. 2010. Programmatic and Constructive Interdependence: Emerging Insights and Predictive Indicators of Development Resource Demand (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2010-TR-024). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/10tr024.cfm

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