Analyzing Integrated Cost-Schedule Risk for Complex Product Systems R&D Projects

Table 1

Distribution of time and cost for the activities.

Activities	Number	Time (month)			Cost (million)
		a	m	b	a	m	b
Project feasibility studies	0→1	6	9	12	0.50	1.00	1.50
Program demonstration	1→2	3	6	9	6.00	6.50	7.00
Subsystem 1 development	2→3	2	3	4	0.20	0.30	0.40
	3→9	12	14	16	9.00	11.00	13.00
	9→15	10	12	12	1.80	2.00	2.20
Subsystem 2 development	2→4	1	2	3	0.05	0.10	0.15
	4→10	10	12	14	6.00	8.00	10.00
	10→15	10	12	12	2.00	3.00	4.00
Subsystem 3 development	2→5	2	3	4	0.15	0.20	0.25
	5→11	10	12	14	5.00	7.00	9.00
	11→15	10	12	12	2.00	3.00	4.00
Subsystem 4 development	2→6	1	2	3	0.05	0.10	0.15
	6→12	8	10	12	1.30	1.50	1.70
	12→15	6	10	12	0.20	0.30	0.40
Subsystem 5 development	2→7	1	2	3	0.05	0.10	0.15
	7→13	6	8	10	0.90	1.00	1.00
	13→15	8	10	12	0.10	0.20	0.30
Subsystem 6 development	2→8	1	2	3	0.05	0.10	0.10
	8→14	10	12	14	0.60	0.80	1.00
	14→15	10	12	12	0.10	0.20	0.30
System assembly	15→16	2	4	6	0.30	0.40	0.50
Integrated testing	16→17	9	12	15	800	1000	1200