Introduction
Eagle Vector was established
to provide project support services to major projects with a particular
focus on Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), Life Cycle Costing
(LCC) and Software Engineering skills.
Eagle Vector is made
up of a nucleus of permanent staff who, together with associate
consultants, are available on a contract basis to form teams supplied
to clients in support of their projects. This approach enables Eagle
Vector to provide very effective and flexible solutions to clients
whilst minimising costs. The company can also supply individual
consultants to clients. Where possible, Eagle Vector is pleased
to take the complete responsibility for undertaking project tasks
on behalf of clients.
A major contract gave
Eagle Vector the responsibility for all LCC activities in support
of the NATS New En Route Centre (NERC) project. The company subsequently
took over the responsibility for the complete ILS programme for
NERC project. Eagle Vector was responsible for using the results
of the NERC ILS programme in order to set up the on-site and off-site
hardware and software support facilities for NERC. The ILS and LCC
approaches developed for NERC are now being applied to all NATS
projects.
Relevant Experience
Recent and ongoing
projects include:
New En Route Centre
ILS Management
Eagle Vector had the
responsibility for the management of the ILS programme for NATS'
New En-Route Centre (NERC) project. NERC, NATS' largest ever project,
is responsible for controlling all flights over England and Wales.
The ILS programme for NERC was recognised as being one of the most
successful applications of a formal ILS process to a major UK project;
the customer achieved the benefits of a formal ILS programme at
minimum cost.
New En Route Centre
Life Cycle Costing
Eagle Vector was responsible
for all aspects of Life Cycle Costing for the NERC project. This
covered detailed modeling of hardware and software development and
support costs using tools such as EDCAS and PRICE. In addition,
project specific models were developed to cover the complete range
of all costs at the overall system level.
Eagle Vector staff
directly supported the NATS contracts and purchasing group in their
negotiations with sub contractors in order to ensure that contracts
placed represented the best possible value for money. Well-documented
examples exist of substantial savings, running into many millions
of pounds, which have resulted from Eagle Vector's involvement.
New En Route Centre
Project Management Support
Eagle Vector was contracted
to provide a range of additional support services for the NERC project.
These covered:
- Configuration Management
- Quality Management
- Financial Management.
Eagle Vector staff
played a key role in respect of these important functions for the
NERC project.
New Scottish Centre
The Oceanic function,
providing control for aircraft over the North Atlantic, was studied
by Eagle Vector for NATS. The objective was to estimate likely hardware
and software costs for the replacement system that now forms part
of the NATS New Scottish Centre.
Establishment of NATS
generic Lifecycle Costing process
Following the development
of a comprehensive system, hardware and software life cycle costing
process for the NERC project, Eagle Vector was contracted to develop
a generic LCC process for application to all NATS' major projects.
As part of this project, Eagle Vector developed an LCC manual and
associated training course which has been presented to a large number
of NATS staff at all levels.
National Airspace
System Enhancement Project support
The National Airspace
System (NAS), which provides a high-performance database covering
all flight plans for aircraft using UK airspace, was enhanced by
NATS. Eagle Vector supplied project support services concerned with
effort estimation in respect of a range of planned upgrades.
Internet-based Independent
Consultants database
For Jobs Direct Ltd,
Eagle Vector specified and developed an automated communications
and database system for handling the details of independent consultants.
Using Internet EMail, consultants can supply their CVs and other
details directly to the system. The Web--based facilities are used
to present details of available consultants to prospective clients.
Establishment of the
NATS software development metrics programme
NATS is responsible
for supporting the software of a wide range of in-service systems.
Eagle Vector was contracted to assist in setting up a development
metrics programme for application to all its support projects. This
programme was based around the use of PRICE tools for effort and
cost estimation. .
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