OS3701: Cost Estimation I: Methods and Techniques - NPS Online
Cost Estimation I: Methods and Techniques
Course #OS3701
Est.imated Completion Time: 3 months
POC: NPS Online Support
Overview
This course provides a broad-based understanding of the cost analysis activities involved in the acquisition and support of DoD systems. It introduces operations research techniques fundamental to the field of cost estimation. The course covers the collection and sources, and economic analysis; it develops, uses, and analyzes cost estimating techniques commonly encountered in both the DoD and industry, including statistical and nonstatistical cost estimating relationships, inflation indices, cost improvement curves, time phasing, wrap rates, and uncertainty analysis.
Included in degrees & certificates
- 289
- 379
Prerequisites
- OS3080

Application Deadlines
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25 Sep 2023
Winter quarter applications due
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08 Jan 2024
Spring Quarter applications due
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01 Apr 2024
Summer Quarter applications due
Academic Calendar
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25 Sep 2023
Fall Quarter instruction begins
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09 Oct 2023
Columbus Day (holiday)
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24 Oct 2023
Shift day: treat as Friday class schedule
See NPS Academic Calendar for more dates.