A recurring issue throughout their Oversight Plan is controlling costs. So it comes as no surprise that they plan to conduct hearings and briefings to look at how weapons systems procurements get out of hand. They believe that the causes of cost growth, schedule delays, and/or performance degradation from envisioned capabilities include:
- too many programs competing for too few resources;
- requirements determination, definition, and growth [second notice that requirements determination is a focus];
- failures of cost estimation;
- unrealistic program schedules related to immature technology and insufficient funding;
- instability in funding profiles;
- labor and material cost increases; and
- management shortfalls.
That is an ambitious goal. It seems that the operational side of this process- those of us who are "in the field"- have long known that requirement generation is an issues that needs addressed. Perhaps Congressional attention to it in the weapon systems arena may bring changes all the way to the supplies and services contracting done at local installations around the world.
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