Re: The new US Army APC the Stinger

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 10:03:34 -0600 "B Lin" <lin@rxkinetix.com> writes:
>But the problem with mission creep is that the final design is 
>more/less than the original required - i.e. Bradley with bolt on 
>armor, Paladin reduced in size to be airliftable, Joint Strike Fighter 
>needed to be carrier adaptable (requiring a more robust landing gear 
>and airframe for rougher landings and arrester gear that is not 
>rquired for the Air Force operating from airfields.  
>

Roger that!

>Plus not every project suffers from creep, some actually stick to 
>their original requirements or close to it.  I think the HumVee is a 
>good example, it was designed as a general utility vehicle and fills 
>that role well without a bunch of extra doodads standard.  Perhaps a 
>better number might be percentile dice plus 100 as the final 
>percentage cost for the project.
>

Sounds okay to me.  Range from 101 to 200% sounds adequate.  Numbers
guys, what does the various methods produce in range, mean, median, etc?

Works in the field guys, what seems 'gut check' numbers in your
experience?

>--Binhan

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