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cost estimating

Bringing the frozen middle along with you

July 1, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

It takes a teams-of-teams that’s cross functional in nature. In very broad terms, Apple is always the classic example. There’s Steve Wosniak and Steve Jobs. […]

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AI exposes challenges to cost estimation

July 3, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Many people have written about how artificial intelligence can improve the business of cost estimating. However, those papers tend to focus on costing out industrial […]

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Is requirements stability the problem?

February 19, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Question: We all know that what drives our cost estimates is not better CERs, or better data bases, or better mathematics, or better communications. In my […]

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Sustainment cost estimating update

February 14, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The increased capability and complexity of weapon systems has been accompanied by a decline in reliability and availability and a corresponding increase in O&S [Operating […]

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