Original Date: 08/10/1998
Revision Date: 01/18/2007

Previously, Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), Lakehurst’s Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) group used an unstructured method to estimate its workload, budget, and associated costs. This method had neither a standard approach nor established time standards for the multitude of tasks needed to perform a thorough ILS review. The result was unreliable workload estimates; sponsor discontent due to the perception of budget overstatements; and no central storage and/or system to determine correlation and status against similar jobs. A standardized workload program was needed.

The ILS group developed the ILS Workload program by assembling a list of applicable tasks required to perform the ILS review; assigning standard work times to each task; and adding an adjustment factor to handle the varying complexities of work. A logic program was created to select the tasks needed for the ILS review based on a particular project’s criteria. Specific functional work areas were also incorporated so that the assignment of tasks, associated times, and costs were an automated process which could be rolled up into a final estimate for a particular project. Managed by the ILS group, the ILS Workload program is stored on a mainframe and is available to personnel through a LAN.

The ILS Workload program has become an important tool for ILS management by providing a single workload estimating method; a central depository of each project’s work requirements; the ability to roll up department workloads; and a detailed task listing system that is defendable to the sponsor. The program also improved the ILS group’s estimating accuracy by 85%.

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