TruePlanning® for Products
Accurate Estimating of Hardware, Software,
and Network-Centric Projects
If you are a planning and budgeting professional, a project/program manager, or a cost engineer within the aerospace, defense, and manufacturing industries, then you are confronted with many issues concerning estimation. One is the need to increase the speed and accuracy in determining cost estimations for bid proposals – vital to your organization winning business. Another is a “make vs. buy” decision based on the best possible information available. You also need confidence knowing that your estimations are defendable and that your projects are ultimately optimized. Further, you need an estimating framework that can easily integrate hardware components, manufacturing and assembly systems, subsystems, software development, and network-centric projects. TruePlanning for Products is the solution.
How it Works?
All TruePlanning® tools include parametric models, industry-specific benchmarks, and powerful knowledge management to offer comprehensive decision support. TruePlanning encapsulates more than 35 years experience with thousands of acquisition and development projects, software expertise, and continuous independent research. We deliver a remarkable return on investment by empowering people to produce fast, accurate estimates of cost, schedule, benefits, and risk
Project elements are organized into hierarchal Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) where you can quickly view detailed cost analysis at all levels of the project. You simply enter inputs by answering a series of questions based on the size and complexity of the project.
The user-friendly interface provides wizards and templates to simplify the process and you can log assumptions and notes to provide justification for values.
Single Enterprise Estimating
Framework for Complete Visibility
| Hardware Cost Model TruePlanning’s Hardware estimates are generated from industry and enterprise data in addition to hundreds of proven Cost Estimating Relationships (CER’s) embedded in the software. For over 35 years, PRICE has helped organizations generate accurate, reliable bids faster to help win more business using less time. |
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| Manufacturing Cost Model With the capability to import data from ERP systems and integrate with computer aided design tools, TruePlanning’s Manufacturing component gives the design engineer instant cost implications of design changes including material and process trades. Using a design to cost approach reduces the cost of goods sold (COGS) and will give you the ability to optimize profit margins for any given design and bring better products to market faster. |
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| Software Cost Model Acquisition of software-intensive systems in today’s rapidly evolving technological environment is a challenging task. A consistent set of processes for estimating scope, size, and complexity of software is often lacking. Requirements are often incomplete and are not adequately allocated down to the software domain, often resulting in excessive rework, cost, and schedule overruns, not to mention poor quality products. Up-front planning helps teams consistently save time, money, and deliver a better product. |
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| IT Infrastructure Cost Model The TruePlanning for Products framework incorporates the capability to develop IT project plans. This enables you to estimate IT costs and prioritize projects based on scope, schedule, and required resources. By implementing a defendable, repeatable, auditable process you can optimize budgets, ROI, and manage cost on any mix of IT implementations. |
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| Systems Cost Model Systems enables you to estimate management, oversight, and integration costs for hardware, software, and information technology systems. Often these all important costs are overlooked or underestimated. Systems contains five cost models itself which are System, Assembly, Purchased Good, Purchased Service, and Other Cost. The System cost model estimates the cost of project management and oversight while the Assembly cost model estimates the cost of project integration, assuring speed, accuracy, and confidence in the results. |
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