{"product_id":"relating-initial-budget-to-program-eric-j-unger-9781288294039","title":"Relating Initial Budget to Program Growth with Rayleigh and Weibull Models","description":"\u003cbr\u003e Previous research on completed defense RD shows that contract expenditures can be fit well with a Rayleigh model. With fixed outlay rates, as prescribed by the OSD comptroller, the budget profile must have most of the funds in the early years to produce Rayleigh-distributed expenditures. RD programs with more delayed funding profiles may also produce expenditures that a Rayleigh model fits through schedule slips and cost overruns. This research tests how well the initial funding profile produces Rayleigh-distributed expenditures that can be related to the program's final cost overrun and schedule slips. Based only on the initial budget profile, we explain 53.4% of cost overruns and 50.5% of percent schedule slip in 37 completed programs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric J. Unger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1288294034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781288294039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioscholar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.22d","brand":"Eric J. Unger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611335508223,"sku":"9781288294039","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7df03481-ff06-4354-8979-2156f8a3a296.jpg?v=1764513232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/relating-initial-budget-to-program-eric-j-unger-9781288294039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}