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SUMMARY:WCA Chapter 2025 All-Hands Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Washington Capital Area Chapter of ICEAA for the: \n2025 All-Hands Meeting \n \nWHEN: \nThursday\, August 14th | 5:00 – 8:00 PM ET \nWHERE: \nTechnomics\, Inc.\n1225 South Clark Street\nSuite 1500 (15th floor)\nArlington\, VA 22202 \nOVERVIEW: \nPlease join the Washington Capital Area Chapter (WCAC) of ICEAA for our 2025 All-Hands Meeting! \nWCAC All-Hands meetings serve to provide ICEAA members and partners across the National Capital Region with an annual update on local chapter operations and achievements.  Convening cost estimating professionals across Washington DC\, Maryland\, and Virginia\, participants are invited to connect with WCAC leadership and learn about chapter accomplishments\, current activities\, and future endeavors. \nThis year’s All-Hands Meeting will be located at Technomics\, Inc. in Arlington\, VA.  Doors will open at 5:00pm for networking\, with catered dinner served promptly at 5:15pm. \nDon’t wait\, CLICK HERE TO RSVP NOW! \n< https://forms.office.com/r/D7gXXLbMgL > \n  \nCHAPTER UPDATES & AWARDS: \nWCAC leadership will provide an update on the state of the chapter and its accomplishments in the last year as well as present the 2025 WCAC Awards for: \n\nTechnical Achievement\nTeam Achievement\nManagement Achievement\nJunior Analyst Achievement\nBest Speaker\n\n  \nRSVP: \nPLEASE RSVP NO LATER THAN MONDAY\, AUGUST 11th 2025 \nFor any questions/concerns related to this event\, please send an email to the WCAC Social/Service Chair catkinsbennage@tecolote.com or call (571) 385-2016 \nPLEASE CLICK HERE TO RSVP \n< https://forms.office.com/r/D7gXXLbMgL > \n  \nEVENT ACCESS: \nMETRO / VRE: \nTechnomics is a 5-10 minute walk from both the Crystal City Metro and VRE stations \n  \nDirections to Technomics from Crystal City Metro & VRE Station \n \nPARKING: \nGarage parking under the building is free after 4pm. If you choose to park under the building\, the entrance is off Clark Street.  It is recommended you go down one or two levels and park in the vicinity of the elevator bay. These elevators lead to the main entrance of the office (Suite 1500) on the 15th floor
URL:https://www.iceaaonline.com/calendar/081425wcac/
LOCATION:Technomics\, Inc.\, 1225 South Clark Street\, Suite 1500\, Arlington\, VA\, 22002\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cost Challenge Presentation: Team Boeing
DESCRIPTION:At the 2025 ICEAA Professional Development & Training Workshop\, our teams were challenged with estimating the cost of relocating the 2028 Olympics from Los Angeles to Atlanta…and in 2027! What will it take to fast-track preparations and successfully move the LA Olympics to a city with its own unique challenges and opportunities? What infrastructure from the 1996 Olympics can be repurposed\, what other Atlanta area venues can be utilized\, and how can innovative technologies like AI and digital twins transform Olympic logistics and reduce costs? Which creative strategies can maximize sustainability while minimizing community disruption? \nOur rising estimators defined their ground rules and assumptions\, the context of their estimate\, and presented in current fiscal year US dollars. Teams presented their solutions for a panel of judges at the 2025 ICEAA Professional Development & Training Workshop in Atlanta. \nJoin us Wednesday\, August 20\, 2025 to hear from Team Boeing\, one of the participants in this year’s Cost Challenge\, on what it would take to relocate and expedite the Olympics:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5Exyu4LFTjayERDUOD3jZQ
URL:https://www.iceaaonline.com/calendar/082025boeingcc/
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SUMMARY:SoCal Chapter In-Person Workshop
DESCRIPTION:RSVP by August 10 at: https://www.iceaaonline.com/socal-rsvp/ \n \nSouthern California Chapter 2025 Free In-person Workshop\nSPEAKERS\nDr. Joseph Kim\nEffect of Change Orders (due to Unforeseen Existing Conditions) on Project Cost\nDr. Ricardo Valerdi\nPut Your Socks on Properly (practical tools to help improve decision-making)\nMr. Michael Nosbisch\nChallenges in Implementing GAO’s Estimating Best Practices\nMr. Rick Garcia\nEmerging Trends in Space Systems and The Cost Estimating Challenges\nMr. Brian Glauser\nBiases in Project Estimating and Mitigation Strategies to Overcome Them \nAerospace Corporation\n210 S. Douglas St\nEl Segundo\, CA 90245
URL:https://www.iceaaonline.com/calendar/082725socal/
LOCATION:Aerospace Corporation\, 210 S. Douglas St\, El Segundo\, CA\, 90245\, United States
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SUMMARY:WCA Chapter Virtual Luncheon: A Fool With an AI Tool Is Still a Fool...
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this month’s Washington Capital Area Chapter (WCAC) International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA) Luncheon:  \n  \nSUBJECT: WCAC ICEAA August Luncheon: A Fool with an AI Tool Is Still a Fool:  Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for IFPUG Function Point Analysis and Software Estimation \n  \nPRESENTED BY: Carol Dekkers\, Quality Plus Technologies & Dan French\, Cobec\, Inc. \nTIME: August 27\, 2025 | 12:00 to 1:00pm eastern \nSUMMARY:\nThis presentation will explore the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in sizing software projects using the International Function Point User Group (IFPUG) function points methodology and software estimates. As organizations increasingly seek efficiency and accuracy in project estimation\, AI offers transformative potential by automating the function point counting process. By leveraging machine learning algorithms\, AI can analyze historical project data\, identify patterns\, and predict function point counts with enhanced precision. This not only streamlines the estimation process but also reduces human error and bias. Additionally\, AI-driven tools can provide insights into project complexity and resource allocation\, enabling more informed decision-making. The synergy between AI and IFPUG function points represents a significant advancement in software estimating practices\, facilitating better project planning and management. Ultimately\, this approach enhances the overall reliability of software project estimations\, paving the way for successful project delivery in an increasingly dynamic technological landscape. \nSpeakers:  \nCarol Dekkers – Carol Dekkers is a software cost estimation expert whose contracts include development of SiSE at DHS CAD since 2019. She is president of Quality Plus Technologies\, specializing in working with organizations who want to keep their promises to their clients through realistic\, data-founded estimates. She was also the lead author for the ICEAA CEBoK-S and received the ICEAA Educator of the Year for that work in 2022. She holds a BSc (MechEng) and is an IFPUG CFPS (Fellow)\, a PMP\, Certified Scrum Master and a P.Eng. (Canada). Ms. Dekkers has presented many times at ICEAA. \nDan French – With 20+ years of experience in a variety of IT roles including analyst\, developer\, tester\, project management\, software metrics and software estimation. He has developed CMMi and ISO compliant process improvement and software estimation processes. Dan holds a B.S. in Economics from Virginia Tech and holds certification as a Lifetime CFPS\, PMP and CSM. He recently served as the Certification Director on the IPFUG Board of Directors and is currently the chair. Previously he served as the Chair of the Functional Software Sizing Committee (FSSC). He’s authored numerous white papers/presentations. \n\nMicrosoft Teams Need help? \nJoin the meeting now \nMeeting ID: 235 764 603 435 8 \nPasscode: RA3SB3X8
URL:https://www.iceaaonline.com/calendar/082725wcac/
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SUMMARY:Paws for Thought: Dayton Chapter Cost Challenge
DESCRIPTION:During the Financial Management Cost (FMC) Division’s annual program review at Buckley Space Force Base in May 2025\, FMC took the opportunity to do something new and issued an ICEAA-inspired cost challenge to its analysts: Paws for Thought\, A Pet Ownership Cost Challenge. Three teams (3-4 analysts per team) were announced and given the task of developing a comprehensive lifecycle cost estimate for owning either a pet dog or cat within just 24 hours. Each team was responsible for delivering a 15-minute presentation on their analysis and findings to senior FM leadership that included the following: \n• Basic profile of the chosen pet (location\, breed\, lifestyle\, quality of products/services\, etc.)\n• Initial investment costs (purchase/adoption costs\, vaccines\, supplies\, etc.)\n• Recurring\, non-recurring costs (food\, grooming\, emergency vet visit\, etc.)\n• Risk and uncertainty analysis (health of the pet\, emergency pet visits\, etc.)\n• Scenario analysis (worst case\, moderate case\, and optimistic case)\n• Sensitivity analysis (food\, boarding costs\, etc.) \nAll three teams chose to estimate the cost of a pet dog (sorry cat lovers) and were given carte blanche to be a creative as possible with their cost factors and presentation. Join us Thursday\, August 28 to hear from the winning team!
URL:https://www.iceaaonline.com/calendar/082825dayton/
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