HARDMAN II, an automated form of HARDMAN (Hardware vs. Manpower) analysis was applied to two new Army air defense systems for purposes of estimating maintainer workload and maintenance manpower requirements. Estimates showed a shortfall in official manpower allocations. Partially as a result of the HARDMAN II analyses, the Army decided to add more maintainers to the organization supporting both systems.
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