2005 PRICE INSight
PRICE: Year-in-Review 2005
Notable customer successes:
- Sikorsky reduced the number of man-hours needed to generate initial CH-53X Program estimates by about two-thirds
- National Weather Service takes enterprise approach to multiple-program cost estimating, planning and control
- PRICE Systems to Provide Cost Estimating and Project Control Services to Largest Bank in France; Enters into Commercial Marketplace
- SPS Leader Colonel Jacob Haynes retiring after 25-Year Army career; Led the team that leveraged PRICE TrueMethods™ to help transform the DoD's Standard Procurement System (SPS)
- PRICE H Improves Electro-Optical Company's Bid/No Bid Decisions, Proposal Process and Profitability
Technical white papers and market studies published:
- PRICE Research addressing new challenges introduced by System of Systems (SoS) development
- PRICE Report: Affordability Simulation Requirements module will predict cost estimates earlier in conceptual stages of program development
- PRICE Research featured in August edition of CrossTalk
- PRICE Report: OMB Requires Government Agencies to Perform Independent Validation of Cost, Schedule, and Performance
- Download white paper, "Proven Approach to IT Project Validation"
- PRICE True S solution addresses Software Security Assurance and corresponding effects on Project Costs
Key industry conferences:
- PRICE US Symposium, "True Program Success '05" brought together cost professionals from Government and Industry in Tampa, Florida for three days of distinguished speakers, workshops, and networking
- PRICE Systems Annual European Symposium celebrates 25 Years; Paris, France site of silver anniversary event
- PRICE product forums and workshops covered topics such as "Creating Early Concept Cost Models", "Estimating Software Size", "Work Breakdown Structure", "Developing a Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate", "Project Management Success: REALITY IT", "IT Project Validation for OMB Compliance", and "The Challenge of Balancing Program Requirements and Budgets".
- PRICE Systems' Anthony DeMarco to Speak at 22nd Annual SCAF Conference
Corporate accomplishments:
- PRICE Systems' Anthony DeMarco Elected to NDIA Post
- PRICE Helps NDIA Welcome Italian Ambassador at November 29 Philadelphia Luncheon
- PRICE Systems partners with European Union (EU) initiative to launch an Internet-based cost estimating service. The project, Virtual Cost Engineering Studio (V-CES)
- PRICE Systems Collaborates with Telecolote Research to Release a Single-Interface PRICE-ACE Plug-in to ACEIT Suite
- 38th Annual DoD Cost Analysis Symposium presentations validate PRICE thought leadership and research
- Lee Platt Named to Head PRICE Systems' Patuxent River Office
- PRICE Systems' Georges Teologlou completes three-term post on International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA) Board of Directors
- PRICE Systems' Larry Reagan Graduates Prestigious Industry Advisory Council IT Partners Program
- PRICE Systems launches new Web Site: Expanding Program Affordability Management products, services and training accommodated
- PRICE Systems "Connected" On DAU ACC Web Site
- PRICE Systems Helping Military Families Through Fisher House™
- PRICE Systems Reaching Out to Hurricane Katrina Victims
