Tables

Table 1: Life Cycle Cost Estimates
Table 2: Other Types of Cost Estimates
Table 3: The Twelve Steps and their Best Practices
Table 4: Typical Technical Baseline Elements
Table 5: General System Characteristics
Table 6: Common Elements in Work Breakdown Structures
Table 7: Basic Primary and Secondary Data Sources
Table 8: Three Cost Estimating Methods Compared
Table 9: An Example of the Analogy Cost Estimating Method
Table 10: An Example of the Engineering Build-Up Cost Estimating Method
Table 11: An Example of the Parametric Cost Estimating Method
Table 12: Ranges of Cost by WBS
Table 13: Air Vehicle Risks, Likelihood, and Cost Effects
Table 14: Air Vehicle Uncertainty and Cost Effects
Table 15: Cost Estimate Documentation Elements
Table 16: Select Cost Estimating and EVM Criteria for Federal Agencies: Laws and Regulations
Table 17: The Twelve Steps and their Associated Tasks
Table 18: Key Benefits of Implementing EVM
Table 19: Eleven Common Concerns about EVM
Table 20: EVM Implementation Guides
Table 21: Typical Methods for Measuring Earned Value Performance
Table 22: Contract Performance Report Data Elements: Format 1
Table 23: EVM Performance Indexes
Table 24: Best Predictive Estimate at Completion (EAC) Efficiency Factors by Program Completion Status
Table 25: Basic Program Management Questions That Earned Value Management (EVM) Data Help Answer
Table 26: Sample Factors in Selecting Projects
Table 27: Common Indicators of Poor Program Performance
Table 28: Overtarget Budget Funding Implications by Contract Type
Table 29: Options for Treating Variances in Performing a Single Point Adjustment
Table 30: EVM Best Practices
Table 31: Case Studies Drawn from GAO Reports Illustrating This Guide
Table 32: Common Data Collection Items
Table 33: Supplementary Common Data Collection Items
Table 34: Aircraft System Work Breakdown Structure
Table 35: Missile/Ordnance Systems Work Breakdown Structure
Table 36: Sea System Work Breakdown Structure
Table 37: Space System Work Breakdown Structure
Table 38: Ground Vehicle System Work Breakdown Structure
Table 39: Information Systems/Defense Business Systems (Investment) Work Breakdown Structure
Table 40: Technology Development Project Work Breakdown Structure
Table 41: Particle Accelerator System Work Breakdown Structure
Table 42: Environmental Management Work Breakdown Structure
Table 43: Pharmaceutical Management Work Breakdown Structure
Table 44: Process Plant Construction Work Breakdown Structure
Table 45: Telecom Work Breakdown Structure
Table 46: The Anderlohr Method for the Learning Lost Factor
Table 47: Integrated Baseline Review Risk Categories
Table 48: Common Probability Distributions
Table 49: The Four Characteristics of the AOA Process and Their Corresponding Best Practices
Table 50: Cost Estimating Steps Mapped to Selected Components and Principles of Internal Controls