Development of a business case template for organizational-level testers

Interim results of ongoing research and analysis required to develop a template or analytical tool for business case analysis, (BCA) are presented. This paper provides the results of numerous queries of F-15A/B/C/D maintenance database and difficulties encountered while attempting to obtain maintenance and logistics data that could be used to both validate anecdotal evidence from the field and assess the total (enterprise) cost savings that are generated when an advanced O-level test capability is provided to the maintainer. It also provides a comparison between the F-15E (with full BIT capability) to the F-15A/B/C/D test approach that uses ATE for test and diagnostics. Lastly, it discusses the critical need and salient characteristics of a more advanced analytical tool that could be used by the sustainment engineer in the preparation of a business case for a proposed CBM+ project.