Q22. Have any of the following factors helped or hindered your program's success?

  Greatly helped
(percent)
Helped
(percent)
Neither helped nor hindered
(percent)
Hindered
(percent)
Greatly hindered
(percent)
Don't know
(percent)
Number
of respondents
a. Revision of your program's initial cost and schedule estimates 8.2 32.8 33.6 16.4 3.3 5.7 122
b. Government program staff with the right technical skills 41.1 37.1 3.2 14.5 4.0 0.0 124
c. Prime and/or subcontractor staff with the right technical skills 33.3 43.1 5.7 15.4 0.8 1.6 123
d. In-house support contractors with the right technical skills 39.5 50.8 4.0 4.0 0.8 0.8 124
e. Oversight officials with the right management skills 8.9 32.3 26.6 22.6 7.3 2.4 124
f. Priority of your system within your service or OSD 20.3 37.4 22.0 13.8 6.5 0.0 123
g. Maturity of technology 13.9 56.6 23.0 4.9 1.6 0.0 122
h. Reporting progress to oversight organizations 1.6 19.4 51.6 23.4 4.0 0.0 124
i. Frequent instability in product requirements/capabilities 0.8 4.0 39.5 32.3 16.1 7.3 124