Abstract :
CASPER, Cost, Assets, Schedule Prediction, and Evaluation Routine, is an expert system design to provide the TPS Program Manager with a sounding board for project estimating and planning. The fundamental design of CASPER can also be applied to manually estimated projects, since the system is based on sound program management principles. This paper discusses the challenges of TPS Program Management and provides insight into parameter interaction and quantification. It also shows how these parameters can be brought together to provide a set of sensible, real-world-based tools for effective application of sound Program Management principles to TPS development
