1. 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

2. 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

3. 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
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