RECOMMENDED ARMY AVAILABILITY FACTORS (AAFs)

1 I Report MDA903-82-C-0310-03 RECOMMENDED army AVAILABILITY FACTORS (AAFs)*- h A report on data collection, data analysis,'and development of recommendations for AAFsG. H. Smith, H. S. Gillogly, S. J. KershawPresearch Incorporated2361 South Jefferson Davis HighwayArlington, Virginia 22304j 20 May 1983-Final ReportApproved for public release; distribution unlimitedPrepared forHEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYDEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL (DAPE-NIBU)Washington, 20310.,L- tCITFF"- NOV 4 19833 c The views, opinions, and findings contained in this report Aare those of the author(s) and should not be construed asLan official Department of the army position, or decision,unless so designated by other official xU='rIy OF ?

2 PAGE (Wheni 04t0 Sntered)PAGEREAD INSTRUCTIONSREPORT DOCUMENTATION PAEBEFORE COMPLE77YG N umSER ;2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 3. RECPIENr*S CATAI-OG NUMOERMIDA93-82-C-0310-02 At) A 31' _____4. T'..KE (and Subtitle) S. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVEREDR ecommended Armv AVAILABILITY DatFnlRprFactors (AAFs) 1l7 May 1982 -10 May 19 GPERFORMING OAG. REPORT 4UM69IR7. S .CON TRACT ON OMANr 4 UMBER(s)G. Smith, H. Gillogly, S. Kershaw NIDA9O3-82-C-03109. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME ANO ACORCSS 19. PROGRAM ELEMENT. P .JEC7, .TASI(PresarchIncrportedAREA & WORK UNIT MUMSERS2361 S. Jeff:erson Davis H-ihway.

3 -Arlington, Virginia 22202I. OFFICE N4 AME ANO ACOMESS 12l. ;REPORT ZATXHQ, Dep~artment of the army , DAPE-MBU _10 May 2B673, Th etgn1. mumBER OF PAGESW ashington, 20310 74_____4. AGENCY 4 AMIE & AOORESS(If different IPOM, CongraUlini Office) 13. SECURITY C:.ASS. (at this report)UNC LASS IF OELS3 PCATION, OOWWGRA0 IfSC4~LE16. OISTRIOUTION STATEMENT (of ,his Report)3 Approved for public release; distribution unlimited*t difretIr Rpot~~ 2. ~ 7. OIS7 IRIUTION STATEMENT the abstract entered In 81c 20. SUPPI-EMENTARY NOTES19. KEY NO0 OS (Continue an favr* side if necessar aid Idenltify by block nuiber)Manpower Requirements, Man-Hour AVAILABILITY , Productivity,Available Man-Hours, AVAILABILITY Factor, Nonavailable Time,Assigned Time~P ')20.

4 AaSTRACT 'Cantinue an ,wvorso side If nocoedr and Idenifyt by 1210CJ nmberO~)--This report documents the actions and results of the firstcomprehensive effort to develop army , AVAILABILITY FactorsL (AAF) for table of distribution and allowance (TDA) activi-ties. The FACTORS prescribe, for various combinations ofpeople, locations, and conditions, the average amount ofA time per month that an army individual is expected to beavailable to work on his assigned job. (CONTINUED ON REVERSE),A~~7 I~e ~~v uo~ UNCLASS IFIED.,N 0102-LF-014-6601 SECURITY OF TWIS PAGE ,when Data InteUNCLASSIFIEDSECURITY OF TMIS PAGE ("00 DOi l nleed"-20.

5 (cont)Six army AVAILABILITY FACTORS (AAF) are developed: CivilianPeacetime (CONUS), Civilian Peacetime (OCONUS), Civilian War-time, Military Peacetime (CONUS), Military Peacetime (OCONUS),Military c"Ii~ .O .., '2~UNCLASSIFIED" -,'-J ' '-,'-" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ k -'.., -'% -%-' -0- %( M ,Z, ,' ,'' "..'' '3 CONTENTSPageParagraph 1 INTRODUCTION .. Objective .. Background .. Scope .. Study parameters .. 32 GENERAL PROCEDURES .. Selection of approach .. Available time in perspective .. Identification and definition ofnonavailable time elements .. Quantification of element times . Computation of AVAILABILITY FACTORS .)

6 83 DATA COLLECTION .. Data sources .. Sample survey.. Questionnaires .. Sample size and selection ofrecipients .. Distribution .. Response return rate .. Reading responses .. Record data .. 174 DATA RESULTS AND ANALYSIS .. Survey results .. Record data results .. Analyses and normalizing ..295 AAF DEVELOPMENT .. General requirements .. Procedures ..4 , ..CONTENTSPageParagraph Wartime FACTORS ..446 RECOMMENDATIONS .. Recommendation options .. Man-hour AVAILABILITY comparisons .. Target AAF development .. Normative factor implementation .. RECOMMENDED AAFs .. Summary.

7 Directive changes .. Future actions ..53 FIGURESPageFigure 1. Time Hierarchy .. 52. Military Stratification .i..113. Civilian Stratification ..124. Cumulative Response Percentiles .. 16 TABLEST able 1. Data Acquisition Dates ..202. Summary of Survey Statistics ..22iiS TABLESPageTable 3. Usable Survey Civilian Mail-Out and Responses ..245. Military CONUS Mail-Out and Responses . 256. Military OCONUS Mail-Out and Responses. 267. Reported Military Workweek Summaries .308. Reported Civilian Workweek Summaries .319. Nonavailable Time (NAT) Comparisons byWorkweek--CONUS Military ..3310.

8 Nonavailable Time (NAT) Comparisons byWorkweek--OCONUS Military ..3311. Peacetime army AVAILABILITY FACTORS .4312. Confidence Interval Data ..4413. Wartime army AVAILABILITY FACTORS ..4614. Monthly Man-Hour AVAILABILITY --ArmyMeasured Behavior vs Air ForceAllowed ..4815. RECOMMENDED AAFs by Workweek ..52 APPENDICESPageAppendix A. Nonavailable Time (NAT) Elements anda Definitions ..54B. Category Definitions ..65C. Summary Demographic Statistics .. 67D. Conversion Methodology ..71E. Net Assigned Workweek FACTORS ..73i iiia5 1. Objective. This report documents the actions and re-sults of the first comprehensive effort to develop army Availa-bility FACTORS (AAF) for table of distribution and allowance (TDA)activities.

9 The FACTORS prescribe, for various combinations ofpeople, locations, and conditions, the average amount of time permonth that an army individual is expected to be available to workon his assigned The use of staffing standards for determination ofworkload-based manpower requirements of TDA activities is a rela-tively new army endeavor, initiated by the Deputy Chief of Stafffor Personnel. Heretofore, these requirements were validatedperiodically by manpower surveys. While work measurement was anintegral part of the survey approach, it was not performed uni-versally with the stringencies and thoroughness that are charac-teristic of the new approach, , the development of manpowerstaffing standards.

10 AVAILABILITY FACTORS were used in the pro-cess, but there was no standard prescribed army availabilityfactor or set of FACTORS that had been developed in a concertedeffort from TDA-universe The advent of the manpower staffing standards sy:tem(MS-3) places new and significant emphasis on the need for validavailability FACTORS to convert required man-hours to the re-quired number of people. Since the factor is integral to themanpower requirements determination process, the more precisework measurement efforts that are also integral to the processwould be wasted if the AVAILABILITY FACTORS were not equally1S credible.