1. Information
Objectives
- Provide an information base or "cost model"
- Select areas for detailed study
Questions
- What is it?
- What does it do?
- What does it cost?
- What is its value? (Do we really need it?)
- What would do the same job?
- At what alternative cost?
Techniques
- Functional Analysis
- Cost-worth concept
- Graphical analysis
- Cost and energy modeling