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Civil Service Workforce Market Supply and the Effect on the Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs) that may effect the Productivity Factors for Future NASA MissionsThe upcoming retirement of the Baby Boomers on the horizon will leave a performance gap between younger generation (the future NASA decision makers) and the gray beards. This paper will reflect on the average age of workforce across NASA Centers, the Aerospace Industry and other Government Agencies, like DoD. This papers will dig into Productivity and Realization Factors and how they get applied to bimonthly (payroll data) for true FTE calculations that could be used at each of the NASA Centers and other business systems that are on the forefront in being implemented. This paper offers some comparative costs solutions, from simple - full time equivalent (FTE) cost estimating relationships CERs, to complex - CERs for monthly time-phasing activities for small research projects that start and get completed within a government fiscal year. This paper will present the results of a parametric study investigating the cost-effectiveness of different alternatives performance based cost estimating relationships (CERs) and how they get applied into the Center s forward pricing rate proposals (FPRP). True CERs based on the relationship of a younger aged workforce will have some effects on labor rates used in both commercial cost models and internal home-grown cost models which may impact the productivity factors for future NASA missions.
Document ID
20080022349
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sterk, Steve (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Chesley, Stephen (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 14, 2008
Subject Category
Economics And Cost Analysis
Meeting Information
Meeting: European Space Agency International Society Parametric Analysis
Location: Noordwijk
Country: Netherlands
Start Date: May 12, 2008
End Date: May 16, 2008
Sponsors: International Society of Parametric Analysts
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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