Cost and Information Effectiveness Analysis: Volume 2. An Improved Methodology

摘要

This report is the second of two volumes that present results of an effort to develop an improved methodology for the conduct of Cost and Information Effectiveness Analysis (CIEA). CIEA is a methodology for the evaluation of training device performance assessment capabilities (D-PACs). It is directed at the problem of determining when the worth of performance status information available form a D-PAC offsets the costs required to develop, operate, and maintain the capability. This report presents a case study which illustrates application of CIEA to evaluate a series of D-PAC alternatives that provide performance status information on the gunnery D-PAC alternatives were developed by combining members of a set of interactive video gunnery trainers for the CEV with different types of live fire exercises. The case study describes activities conducted in the four phases of the CIEA of CEV gunnery D-PACs: exploration of the D-PAC concept for CEV gunnery, development of the D-PAC concept for CEV gunnery, definition of the CEV gunnery D-PAC alternatives. Activities of the last phase culminate with specification of the most cost-effective CEV gunnery D-PAC alternative. (Author)