ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at some examples of Learning Curve Cost Drivers and how estimators account for them in their analysis and forecasting. The examples given are not definitive in terms of their contribution overall but they are intended to be illustrative of the issues and potential cost drivers estimators might want to consider when they apply some of the techniques in their respective organisations. Curve could be adjusted by a factor that considered the Production Delivery Rate raised to a power. In effect, this creates a series of parallel Learning Curves in log-log space – one for each output rate, and because the output rate does not have to be an integer, there can be an infinite number of these parallel Learning Curves. The chapter discusses the rationale of why the Learning Curve contribution of the operators was aligned with their ability to increase their rate of output.
