Cost Databases and Modeling

Key Benefits:

• Disciplined approach provides an audit trail on key cost assumptions and cost drivers

• Electronic data format (spreadsheets and databases) facilitates excursions on baseline data

• Ongoing effort built on strong trust relationships with program offices and manufacturing contractors

Capabilities:

• Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) analysis

• Cost / price analysis: Labor cost analysis, Material cost analysis, Strategic pricing, Cost data basing

• Quick reaction cost estimates   

Clients:

• Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T):  Developed comprehensive set of Cost Ground Rules and Assumptions and Independent Government LCC Model/Estimate for the Counter-MANPADS program.
• Former Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) (now Missile Defense Agency MDA): CAIV review of the National Missile Defense Program
• USAF / USN: Multiple cost models / databases / estimates for fighter aircraft and missile programs