Appendix H NASA COST DATA REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION (DRDs)

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DATA REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION

(Government Project Manager Version)

DELIVERY METHODS: The CADRe and supporting documents may be delivered on CDs or otherwise made electronically accessible, for example, from a web page.

DISTRIBUTION: As a minimum, the CADRe and supporting documents shall be delivered to the Headquarters Office of the Chief Engineer (IPAO/Cost Division) and the Headquarters Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Cost Analysis Division). Further distribution is at the discretion of the project.

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: The guidance contained in this document describes the contents of the CADRe. It is a guide for content rather than format. Projects are encouraged to extract existing project documentation for appropriate sections of the CADRe. These extracts shall be included in the CADRe and/or in the attached CADRE Hardware Metrics Report, Software Metrics Report and WBS Cost Report in order to provide a complete, stand-alone CADRe document.

The body of the CADRe consists of three parts. Part A contains general descriptive information. Part B contains hardware and software technical parameters necessary to estimate the project’s life cycle cost. The Hardware Metrics Report and Software Metrics Report formats at www.ceh.nasa.gov are available to use directly or as a content guide for Part B. Part C contains the project’s life cycle cost estimate (LCCE). The WBS Cost Report available at www.ceh.nasa.gov is available to use directly or as a content guide for Part C. The Project Manager is responsible for collecting the inputs from the various participants including Full Cost elements and submitting an integrated CADRe.

The level of detail reported in the CADRe will depend on the maturity of the project in the life cycle. The Hardware Metrics Report, the Software Metrics Report and the WBS Cost Report provide a template of information that would typically provided at the NAR (for example, at WBS Level 4). These Reports may be tailored to provide less detail for projects earlier in the life cycle (for example, WBS Level 3 at Preliminary NAR). The project shall submit lower-level information in subsequent CADRe submissions when and if such information becomes readily available (for example, WBS Level 5 at CDR). Prior to CADRe submittals, representatives of the Headquarters Cost Analysis Division, the applicable Mission Directorate, and Program Office, will meet with the Project Manager to provide guidance on the scope, schedule, parties involved in CADRe preparation, CADRe tailoring, WBS reporting levels and WBS mapping.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law defines confidential business information as data that provides visibility into elements of cost (labor rates, overhead rates, G&A rates, profit rates and similar rates and factors). The CADRe reports costs rolled into the project WBS without visibility into elements of cost/rates and factors. Likewise, the CADRe does not collect proprietary technical information such as insight into production processes, etc. Rather, the CADRe only collects performance specifications as technical cost drivers. Therefore, NASA intends that no proprietary, confidential or sensitive business information be included in the CADRe and that CADRe submissions need not be marked as “proprietary”, “sensitive” or display other confidential business information markings.

The subsequent paragraphs describe the information that shall be contained in each part of the CADRe.