Identifying some of the issues that lead to risks against Time, Performance and Cost when bringing a capability into service, consider how these risks might be mitigated to some degree by the use of simulation.
Time
Requirements Change
Financial
Budget
ABC Cycle
Political uncertainties
Events, dear boy, events.
OSD existing equipment
Obsolescence
Contractual timelines
Strategy
Training Pipeline
Acceptance testing
Performance
Adversarial Capability
Spiral development
Poor Requirements
Insufficient funds
Training Quality
Integration
Systems
Doctrinal
Interoperability
ES
Pers SQEP
Cost
Requirements Change
R&D
Time
Procurement Strategy
COTS/MOTS
Tender / Legal
Infrastructure
Training
ES / ISS
Acceptance testing
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