BAE SYSTEMS Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS) Operating Group BAE Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Rockville, Md. Three operating groups $10 billion annual sales 45,000 employees Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS) Operating Group 19,000 employees; 7,000 engineers; more than 50 sites in the US, the UK, and Israel

Piloting COSYSMO At BAE SYSTEMS Involvement since early development Working groups, Delphi Contributed 10 data points Piloting COSYSMO within E&IS as part of common systems engineering estimation process development Cross-check and Independent Cost Evaluation Cross-LoB bids Potential OG standard SE estimating method and tool Developed Systems Engineering Estimation Workbook, using SystemStar front-ended with a data collection instrument One process, one model, multiple calibrations Collected close to 50 data points from all LoBs across US and UK Continuing data collection effort Piloting Workbook across the US and the UK sites Collaborated with BAE Insyte, UK Pilots and data collection

Lessons and Challenges Divergence in data Different products, different sites, different processes, different legacies Lack of common way of defining work – WBS Your SE is not my SE Your life cycle is not my life cycle “System of interest” is not a common unit of measure; nor is “nominal requirement” English is an ambiguous language I am building an LRU (a.k.a. box). How many scenarios do I have? Answer: 7500!!! “If you are wrong all the time, you are not wrong.” – Dan Ligett Prepare to set a policy Count in the way you intend to bid it Clear and present challenges Counting rules & classification guidelines Reuse Requirement change Common vs. customer WBS Need a Management Champion We just got started…