The Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft (QSRA) Project, one of the largest aeronautical programs undertaken by NASA to date, achieved a significant cost underrun. This is attributed to numerous factors, not the least of which were the contractual arrangement and the system of cost and schedule management employed by the contractor. This paper summarizes that system and the methods used for cost/performance measurement by the contractor and by the NASA project management. Recommendations are made for the use of some of these concepts in particular for future programs of a similar nature.


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    Title :

    Cost and Schedule Management on the Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft Project


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English