Cost/Effectiveness Modeling

Key Benefits:

• Ties costs to operationally relevant metrics to assess value

• Bridges cost models to operational models through common assumptions about capabilities and configurations

• Forces disciplined discussion and coordination between cost analysts and engineers

Capabilities:

• System Architecture Trade Studies

• Analysis of Alternatives

• Cost Analysis Requirements Descriptions (CARD)

• Technical Description Documents (TDD)

• System and Operational Architectures

Clients:

• Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics (ODASA-CE):  Developed an Integrated Performance and Cost Model (IPCM) environment for comprehensive cost/benefit analyses.
• Navy:  Developed a prototype Decision Support System to facilitate capability-based costing, evaluated cost reduction initiatives for the F/A-18E/F and V-22 as well as affordability initiatives for the Joint Strike Force program
• USAF's Air Combat Command and AC2ISRC: Conducted cost/benefit analysis of the U-2, Global Hawk, DarkStar and Common Ground Station for the Global Hawk Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
• USAF: Studied payload and system architecture options for the Multi-mission Command and Control Aircraft - as the replacement for JSTARS, AWACS, and Rivet Joint airframes
• NRO/USAF/DARPA: Participated in development of the Operational System Concept for the Discoverer II program
• OASD(C3I) (formerly Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO)): evaluated cost/benefit of alternative System of Systems for manned, unmanned, and satellite collection systems and associated processing / exploitation / dissemination (PEDs) to support tradeoff analyses