Savunma Projelerinin Başarısında Teknoloji Hazırlık Seviyesinin Rolü: Vaka Analiz Çalışması

Abstract

Savunma projeleri çoğu zaman oldukça maliyetli ve yüksek teknolojiye ihtiyaç duyan projelerdir. Sistem tanımlanırken ortaya çıkan isterlerin karmaşıklığı kimi zaman projenin öngörülen bütçesinin aşılmasına, kimi zaman süresinin çok uzamasına bazen de projenin tamamen iptal edilmesine neden olabilmektedir. İhtiyaç duyulan savunma sisteminin ihtiyaç duyulan zamanda envantere alınamaması sistemin güncelliğini yitirmesine ve artık bir ihtiyaç olmaktan çıkmasına da neden olabilmektedir. Savunma sistemlerinin geliştirilmesinde öncü olan ülkeler teknoloji yeterlilik riski ile daha fazla karşı karşıyayken mevcut sistemleri kopyalayan ülkeler bu riske daha az maruz kalmaktadır. Savunma projelerinin geliştirilmesinde öncü ülke konumundaki ABD milyarlarca dolar harcamasına rağmen karşılaştığı sorunlar nedeniyle bazı savunma projelerini iptal edebilmekte veya başlangıçtaki tedarik miktarını oldukça azaltabilmektedir. Esasında Rusya Çin gibi ülkeler de başladıkları birçok savunma projesini iptal edebilmektedir. Ancak bu ülkelerin şeffaf olmayan yapıları ve projeleri yüksek gizlilik seviyesi ile yürütmeleri bilgiye erişimi sınırlandırmaktadır. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada savunma projelerinin geliştirilmesinde öncü ülke konumunda olan ABD’de milyarlarca dolar harcandığı halde iptal edilen iki proje seçilmiş ve bu projelerin iptal nedenleri vaka çalışması yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada teknoloji hazırlık seviyesi ile proje başarısı arasındaki ilişki incelenmektedir. Veri toplama tekniği olarak doküman incelemesi kullanılmakta olup kronolojik sıra takip edilmektedir.

Keywords

• Savunma tedarik projeleri
• tedarik
• proje yönetimi
• teknoloji hazırlık seviyesi

The Role of Technology Readiness in the Success of Defense Projects: A Case Study

Abstract

Defense projects are often very costly and require high technology. The complexity of the requirements that arise while defining the system can sometimes cause the project to exceed the projected budget, sometimes lead to a very long duration and sometimes completely cancellation of the project. Failure to take the needed defense system into inventory when needed may cause the system to become outdated and no longer a necessity. Countries that are pioneers in the development of defense systems are more exposed to technology capability risk, while countries that replicate existing systems are less exposed to this risk. Although the USA, which is the leading country in the development of defense projects, spends billions of dollars, it sometimes may cancel some defense projects or reduce the initial supply considerably due to the problems it faces. In fact, countries such as Russia and China may cancel many defense projects they have started. However, the non-transparent structures of these countries and the fact that they carry out projects with a high level of confidentiality limit access to information. For this reason, two projects that were canceled even though billions of dollars were spent in the USA were selected and the reasons for the cancellation of these projects were analyzed with the case study method. In the study, the relationship between technology readiness level and project success is examined. Document analysis is used as a data collection technique and chronological order is followed.

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