Free "Lunch and Learn" Educational Series for PRICE Customers

FREE 45-Minute Webinars on Customer-Requested Program Affordability Management Topics

Next Webinar: "Lunch and Learn" Program Introduction
Will include customer online polling for preferences of future Lunch and Learn topics

Topic:An Introductory to the Lunch and Learn Series
Date:Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Time:12:00 - 12:45 PM (US EST)
Location:Online Webinar (passcode emailed upon registration)
Format:Interactive/Lecture

AGENDA

12:00 - 12:10 Welcome and introduction to Lunch and Learn educational series Larry Reagan
12:10 - 12:20 Program topic descriptions:

Cost Estimating Fundamentals
- Keys to Data Collection for Estimation
- Fundamentals of Earned Value Management

Cost Estimating Advanced topics
- Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV)
- Fundamentals of Cost Improvement Curve Theory
- Calibration techniques
Michele DuBois
12:20 - 12:30 Program topic descriptions:

Cost Estimating Hardware
- Total Ownership Cost (TOC)
- Cost Estimating Relationship (CER) Development
- Design to Cost (DTC)
- Basics of Hardware Estimation

Cost Estimating Software
- Software Sizing Techniques
- Addressing Software Code Growth
- Migration from PRICE S to TRUE S

Future Capabilities
- Catalog Development
- Affordability Simulation
- Pro-E Integration
- Using the PRICE Knowledge Network

Additional Topics
- An Introduction to True IT Cost Model Estimating Software Size
- Developing a Rough Order Magnitude Estimate
- Case Study of a COTS Upgrade for a Satellite Ground
- Enterprise Solutions Using PRICE H's Excel Interface
Kevin McKeel
12:30 - 12:45 Customer Online Poll: Educational Topic Priorities

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About Lunch and Learn

PRICE Systems' Lunch and Learn Educational Series provides free, regular Webinars for the enrichment of PRICE customers. Lunch and Learn can be leveraged as introductory or refresher training on important topics affecting Program Affordability Management. This free program is conducted by PRICE subject matter experts during a lunch hour every month from one of PRICE Systems' U.S. eastern seaboard locations. PRICE customers worldwide are invited to participate.

Registration

Register today for October 11 Lunch and Learn program introduction and opportunity to vote on Lunch Learn educational agenda.
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