{"title":"Developing and Deploying Parametric Cost Estimating Systems with PCM/Designer™ and PCM/Estimator™","authors":"J. P. Harrell","doi":"10.1080/10157891.2000.10462595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.2000.10462595","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Companies develop proprietary parametric cost models because they have specific estimating needs that cannot be met using commercial cost models. PCM/Designer™ and PCM/Estimator™ are an integrated set of Windows-based software programs from NHYSOFT, Inc., that are designed to facilitate the development and use of parametric cost estimating systems. PCM/Designer is used to design, validate, and document parametric cost models, and PCM/Estimator is used to generate cost estimates with PCM/Designer cost models.","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125577205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification and Estimation of Flight Software Cost Risk Growth","authors":"J. Hihn, H. Habib-agahi","doi":"10.1080/10157891.2000.10462598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.2000.10462598","url":null,"abstract":"The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California is a US Government Federally-Funded Research and Development Center that is run by the California Institute of Technology for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) JPL's primary role is to conduct unmanned, robotic missions from Explorer to Voyager, to Mars Pathfinder.","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125168300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unique Challenges and Aspects of Pricing a Commercial-Type Acquisition","authors":"Maj Tom Mick, C. Krauss, C. Shrum","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462584","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126441689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated Baseline Review Process (IBR)","authors":"B. Gibson, Tom Bryant","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462587","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"194 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128602902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimating the Liability for Military Retirement Health Care","authors":"Melvin R. Etheridge","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128092251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Software LCCE Costs: A “Bad News” Forecast Produced by Cost Analysts, Or Now That We Have the Bad News, What are We Going to Do about It?","authors":"Don Taylor, Al Dopita","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462590","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper is a prime example of how cost analysis (based-on early program data) can predict a likely program meltdown of a large DoD project several years before it will happen. Using actual program data, we present a devastating case for near certain cost overruns, program delays and client dissatisfaction. This predictive information makes a powerful case for substantial and essential changes in the program direction, scope, timing and assumptions early in the project. As any program manager knows, the earlier you react to program data, the more maneuver room you have.","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114788660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ansari, P. Braxton, R. L. Coleman, H. F. Chelson
{"title":"Processes for Reducing total Ownership Cost: CAIV and Target Costing","authors":"S. Ansari, P. Braxton, R. L. Coleman, H. F. Chelson","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462586","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper will present Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) and its analogous commercial practice, Target Costing, as the processes for reducing Total Ownership Cost (TOC) in the acquisition of Department of Defense (DoD) weapons systems, with an emphasis on Department of the Navy (DoN). It will feature an in-depth statistical analysis of the recently completed Target Cost Best Practices survey, conducted by the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing—International (CAM-I) and co-sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) and the University of Akron. Understanding of Target Costing is essential for practitioners of CAIV, since it is a mature (20+-year-old) practice in Japan and has taken root in Germany and the United States, offering both precedence and guidance in how to deploy a system such as that necessitated by CAIV","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124096215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Multiple Regression to Bayesian Analysis for Calibrating COCOMO II","authors":"S. Chulani, B. Boehm, Bert Steece","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462591","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130033185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are DOD Inflation Forecasts Biased","authors":"David S. Christensen, R. Kankey, M. Sweitzer","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462588","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115434733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maximum Density Confidence Intervals","authors":"James J. Wilder Rwb, Robert Black Rwb","doi":"10.1080/10157891.1999.10462581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10157891.1999.10462581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311790,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parametrics","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121182492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}