Aerospace and Defense Digital Thread
Aerospace program management
Achieve program planning and execution excellence with a model-based approach to aerospace program management. Integrate cost, schedule, risks and technical requirements into a fully planned, resourced and budgeted program management solution to ensure long-term success.
Why is aerospace program management vital to success?
Cost overruns and schedule delays directly impact the bottom line for aerospace and defense organizations. Establishing a digital thread for program management can help ensure consistent program planning and execution excellence. By taking a model-based approach to aerospace project management, organizations can mitigate risks, avoid overruns and stipulate technical and sustainability requirements.
Realize aerospace project management excellence
A traceable chain of data ensures faster decision-making, a model-based approach creates seamless, secure collaboration and integrated test data reduces the impact of change and enables continuous improvements. Explore our solution paths to take your aerospace program management to the next level:
To manage programs efficiently, you need to base decisions on data rather than assumptions. This requires setting up a trustworthy traceable chain of data. Having a single view of the acquisition process and program data in context of the statement of need and requirements enables fast and accurate decision-making. A traceable chain data helps you meet key program objectives, such as crafting the mission needs statement, identifying capabilities critical to program success, integrating all program requirements and collaborating with OEMs and suppliers across the supply chain. Learn more about establishing a traceable chain of data.
Once a traceable chain of data is in place, you need to enable seamless, secure collaboration among all internal and external program stakeholders, including defense agencies, OEMs and suppliers. A model-based approach to program acquisition and pursuit helps provide the most current configuration data across all stakeholders. It also enables you to detect and address potential issues early, continuously iterate and more effectively collaborate on designs. Learn more about a model-based approach to program acquisition and pursuit.
Reduce the impact of change by integrating test evaluation data. Tie test data back to the original program requirements and make it available during the acquisition process. Template reuse, configuration control and access to test configuration reduce the impact of change and speed up delivery of assets, increasing process efficiencies and more expedient certification. Learn more about integrated test data.
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Leverage a model-based approach to acquisition and program pursuit to achieve planning and execution excellence in aerospace and defense. Government agencies can exercise more control over the complete acquisition process and improve engagement with OEMs, and OEMs can be more empowered to efficiently pursue opportunities with agencies. Explore our resources to learn more about this unique approach.
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Frequently asked questions
Our aerospace program management solutions have three key differentiators: A traceable chain of data that ensures faster decision-making, a model-based approach for seamless collaboration and integrated test data to reduce the impact of change.
Program planning in aerospace and defense involves establishing costs and the schedule while evaluating risks and planning for sustainability or technical requirements. Integrating these elements through a model-based approach to project planning can help ensure the success of the overall program.
Effective and efficient program management can directly impact your bottom line. Schedule delays and cost overruns that result from inconsistent program planning erode profits, strain resources and hinder the ability to invest in future programs. Our solutions for aerospace program management and defense program management can help you ensure the long-term success of your organization.
A model-based request for proposals process can help government agencies improve the assessment of initial requirements because they are traceable in the context of the request. This helps them better understand the impact of change and make decisions faster, enhancing overall efficiency.
Aerospace and defense OEMs and suppliers can more effectively respond to mission challenges through a model-based acquisition process. A model-based approach requires a traceable chain of data that creates a single view of all program data in the context of the statement of need and requirements. Once that data chain is established, it creates the necessary collaboration environment for all stakeholders, including agencies, OEMs and suppliers. This approach helps minimize the cost of change.
The three tactical elements you need to implement for efficient program management are a traceable chain of data, seamless collaboration, and data integration. A trustworthy and traceable chain of data enables faster and more accurate decision-making from all stakeholders. A model-based approach facilitates smooth and secure collaboration among agencies, OEMs and suppliers as they all have access to the latest configuration. Finally, integrating your test evaluation data allows you to connect the results back to the original program requirements, meaning you can better assess the impact of change. Reducing the impact of change speeds up delivery while maintaining the quality of assets.
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Listen
Podcast | Take the risk out of program planning and management
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Ebook | Model-based acquisition and program pursuit
Fact sheet | Establish a traceable chain of data
Fact sheet | Create a seamless collaboration environment