This Forum is co-sponsored by The Aerospace Corporation and Unison Cost Engineering. This is our first bi-coastal hybrid event (online and in person). This year’s focus is on the role of new technologies in cost estimation
Topics
- Workforce development, turnover, and training challenges (e.g., generational communication, experience gap).
- Coping with lack of knowledge among younger engineers in cost modeling – a cultural influence from senior engineers mentoring younger engineers.
- Measurement and cost estimating for Digital Engineering and MBE projects.
- Overall challenges to measuring and estimating the cost of different development paradigms (e.g., MBE, Agile, and DevOps).
- The role of AI and Machine Learning in building cost estimates and measurements.
- New or modified size and/or cost drivers to estimate software development effort in response to changing development processes and environments/tools (e.g., Agile and DevOps).
- Measuring size/cost/schedule impacts from cybersecurity requirements.
- Cloud services measurement and cost estimation for development and sustainment.
Submission
Please submit a 1-3 paragraph abstract along with two author biographies: one consisting of 2 sentences and the other in paragraph form.
Important Dates
| August 16, 2025 | Paper submission deadline |
| September 9, 2025 | Acceptance notification |
| September 15 – 30, 2025 | Early bird registration |
| October 1 – 31, 2025 | Regular registration |
| November 4 – 6, 2025 | Conference dates |