This post provides 12 rules for successful program or project assessments.

June 19, 2023 • By William E. Novak

This post describes how to apply causal-modeling algorithms and tools to project data to identify, measure, and test causality.

May 22, 2023 • By Michael D. Konrad

In Software Engineering Research and Development

Identifying, estimating, and containing the cost of software is critical to the effective deployment of government systems....

July 6, 2020 • By Michael J. Gagliardi , Michael D. Konrad , Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)

In Software Architecture

DoD programs continue to experience cost overruns; the inadequacies of cost estimation were cited by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as one of the top problem areas....

July 22, 2018 • By Bill Nichols

This blog post describes our efforts to improve the accuracy and reliability of expert judgment within this expanded role of early lifecycle cost estimation.

August 5, 2012 • By Robert W. Stoddard

This SEI Blog post summarizes the SEMA team's multi-year project, QUELCE, focused on quantifying uncertainty in early lifecycle cost estimation.

June 10, 2012 • By David Zubrow

This SEI blog posting summarizes key software sustainment challenges faced by DoD; the subsequent post describes R&D activities conducted by the SEI to address some of these challenges.

July 31, 2011 • By Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)

In Software Architecture

Dive deeper into SEI methods helping estimation experts create quality cost estimates of COEs for the US Army.

June 12, 2011 • By Robert Ferguson

Discover challenges observed when attempting to estimate software effort and cost in DoD acquisition programs in this SEI Blog series.

May 22, 2011 • By Robert Ferguson