Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Factors Influencing Technical Quality in the Preparation of Proposals for Government Contract
Two pr0posal competitions for government R 8 D contract, involving 9 and 12 firms respectively, are examined. Ten variables characterizing the competing laboratories and their research procedures are measured and correlated with the technical ranking of the proposals as determined by the responsiable government laboratory without respect to the bid price. In both sets of proposals the technical quality is uncorrelated with the size of the proposal preparation team but is positively related to the size of the laboratory and especially to the total number of engineers and scientists in the laboratoryo Effort (total man hours) is positively correlated (031, 033) with technical rank. Time spent consulting specialists in the labora tory is related in both cases (037, but time spent in analytic design is negatively related to technical quality on the smaller job and positively on the larger Time spent in literature search or in consulting people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
