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Warship Size and Cost (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Brian Tanner for this guest blog

The influence of size/ spaciousness on the cost of ship construction and since parametrics are generally weight based how can an estimator allow for changes in ship density in the early design stages? ...

 

In this month’s (May 2016) issue of ‘Warships International Fleet Review’ there is an article entitled ‘Why Size…

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The Need for Informed Inferences (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Brian Tanner for this guest blog

A Historical Trend Analysis is, by definition, the use of historical data the understanding of which can be limited without knowledge, that is, data, be that written records or the musings of people who knew the equipment projects in their much younger days.

One simple example comes from Hansard entries: Auxiliary Oiler…

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The Cost of Ships – The Influence of Size and Time (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Brian Tanner for this guest blog

Independent Cost Analyst Brian Tanner discusses Historic Trend Analysis (HTA) of ship build costs...

In the early 1990s the Ministry of Defence Director General Ships needed to identify the budget for some new survey ships. Cost records for previous vessels were not held so recourse was made to the pre internet public domain…

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Alternative Facts, or Statistics, Statistics & Parliamentary Answers (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Brian Tanner for this guest blog

Independent Cost Analyst Brian Tanner discusses how to interpret the Type 22 and Type 23 costs dicsussed in Hansard...

Hansard 13 Mar 2008: Column 666W ‘Type 23 Frigate’ contains a table reportedly showing the Original Hull Costs (OHCs) of each Type 23 frigate and those same values estimated at 2007 prices. A later answer…

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Productivity, Best Practice & Progress In Software Development (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Ian Ferguson for this guest blog

Price to Win analyst Ian Ferguson discusses practices and trends in aerospace and defence software development....

Norm Augustine used his page in Aviation Week’s 100th Anniversary edition to skewer Aerospace Engineers for encouraging software’s contribution to the inexorable cost growth trends he famously described in “…

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Aircraft Carriers – What Price QEC? (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Brian Tanner for this guest blog

Independent Cost Analyst Brian Tanner discusses the prices being paid for the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Carriers (QEC) Aircraft Carriers...

With the Queen Elizabeth Carriers more than half way through their construction programme and the press and NAO publications reporting significant cost growth, I thought it of interest…

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Offshore Patrol Vessels: Historical Trend Analyses (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Brian Tanner for this guest blog

Independent Cost Analyst Brian Tanner discusses trends in the costs of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)....

Firstly, what is an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)? Many years ago in the late 1970s when the Island Class OPV were entering service a paper was written by the then Admiralty Experimental Works at Haslar defining the OPV as…

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How much are your Trainers? (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Ian Ferguson for this guest blog

Price to Win analyst Ian Ferguson gives his thoughts on the U.S. T-X Trainer competition...

A price shoot-out – that’s the phrase they’re using. There’s been a lot of excitement (the thousand-selling BAE Hawk finally ran out of performance puff and got dropped for a younger model before Northrop Grumman dropped out altogether…

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Attitudes to Incumbents (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Nigel Thacker for this guest blog

 

At the start of 2013 we ran a survey asking procurement professionals for their expectations and experiences of incumbents at rebid. We’ve now analysed the full results from the survey -here are some of the key numbers and messages. To download the full summary of the rebid survey results click here or go to the Rebid…

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Why 3 Point Estimates Create False Optimism - Part 1 (Guest Blog)

Thanks to Glen Alleman for this guest blog

 

A recent post at PM Hut describes the process of capturing 3-Point estimates for schedule. This is an example of Yogi's quote ian action

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra

While it may be appropriate in the classroom to teach about the 3…

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