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Cost Analysis Requirements Description
(CARD)
Its role in the acquisition process
The Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process, in accordance with DoD 5000.2,
requires all defense technology projects and acquisition programs to provide many documents in preparation for milestone reviews. Among the extensive list, the CARD is required
for all programs entering a Milestone Decision. Understanding the technical and programmatic life-cycle activities and identifying costs associated with those activities can be an
invaluable resource.
Booz Allen can help you be ready for what’s next
Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm, provides CARD development services that apply an organized, structured, and efficient approach to CARD development offering the most useful insight to those developing a life-cycle cost estimate.
Our staff develops the CARD, a “one-stop” shop detailing the program’s salient features,
encompassing all the technical, programmatic, schedule, and cost elements of the program.
After thorough analysis, the Booz Allen staff also identifies the cost drivers and risks to the
program office and cost analysts developing life-cycle cost estimates.
CARD development is a key initial step in a cost process that includes development of Life
Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCE), Economic Analyses, and Independent Cost ­Estimates (ICE).
The staff at Booz Allen has:
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A unique ability to analyze programmatic and technical documents and extrapolate the
requirements needed for the CARD
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Extensive experience in Life Cycle Cost Estimates and Economic Analyses
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Superb team skills to work with an organization to understand and represent
its requirements and goals
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Use of processes and tools that efficiently and effectively develop a CARD and continually
track its progress
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Our services and approach
The Booz Allen staff works with client project managers and teams to apply a structured
data-gathering process to obtain key project information. Our approach guides your program on
cost-effective execution of the project during CARD development, which will include:
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Defining the requirements/scope
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Identifying project-specific risks
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Outlining the Supportability Strategy
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Explaining the Acquisition Strategy/Plan
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Identifying the Test & Evaluation requirements
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Facilitating interviews with Subject Matter Experts (SME)
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Analyzing program documentation
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Briefing government cost agencies on CARD
approach/progress
LCCE
Program
Office
Documents
ICE
CARD
Functional
IPTs
SME
Interviews
Booz Allen helps connect your organizational objectives and
risks in terms of cost, technical, and schedule objectives to be outlined in the CARD.
This gives your organization more realistic costs to allow better decision making.
Booz Allen uses tools that maximize our efficiency to deliver a high-quality document faster,
along with skilled professionals who work in collaboration with your organization to meet your
objectives. Booz Allen develops CARDs by understanding program acquisition objectives and
how the program relates to the bigger DoD objectives and goals. With this in mind, we work in
partnership to gather data and to gain a technical understanding of the project to provide the
organization the tools required for the best estimate.
History of success
Booz Allen has successfully provided CARD services to a wide range of clients and ­projects. We
have produced a CARD for every service branch of the US military involved in land, sea, and air
warfare operations, military intelligence, and automated information systems.
Representative engagements include:
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US Army and US Marine Corps—Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicle and
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)
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US Navy—Distributed Common Ground Systems—Navy (DCGS-N)
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US Navy—Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)
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US Navy—Global Command and Control System—Maritime (GCCS-M)
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US Navy—Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS)
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US Air Force—KC-X Program—Electronic portion
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US Marine Corps—Automated Information Systems: Global Combat Support Systems—
Marine Corps (GCSS-MC)
Whether you’re managing today’s issues or looking beyond the horizon, you count on us to
help you be ready for what’s next.
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