The birth of independent government cost estimation
Since the basic ingredients of the cost analysis concept being promoted were (1) independence from program proponent pressures and (2) use of historical, parametric relationships, […]
Cost estimation
New DoD cost estimating guide fails to address the problems facing the cost community
“No one can predict the future” is an often-used cliché, and yet this is what the DoD asks its cost estimating community to do every […]
Congressional view of oversight and transparency needs an overhaul
I think this provides some color as to why the Air Force’s top priority programs are being cut by congressional appropriators from $302 to $158 […]
When should cost-effectiveness studies start?
… you can’t apply cost effectiveness to really basic research. Otherwise you never would discover new genes in biology for example if you had to […]
How should cost estimators respond to rapid acquisition?
As the Department of Defense keeps up the pressure on rapid acquisition, all functional areas are wondering how they can best support the policies. Cost […]
How the CBO estimates the cost of submarines
To estimate the cost of those future submarines, CBO used data for the ships’ closest analogue—the Virginia class submarines that had already been built. From […]