Society of Cost Engineers

Why CFOs Can’t Rely on Traditional Cost Forecasting in 2025 and Beyond
Relying on outdated forecasting methods in 2025 exposes your organization to significant financial risks. CFOs...

Cost Estimation Has Outgrown Excel
When the Tool You Know Becomes the Risk You Don’t See At some point, GovCons...

What’s in the box?
Most of us have experience modeling the SHOULD COST of our products. After all, that...

Solving Problems by Seeing Them More Broadly: Using Inexpensive Devices
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations — Richard P. Feynman....

The Growing Importance of Credible Cost Estimates
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is driving sweeping reviews of contracts, requiring stricter processes for justifying...

Solving the 1st Half of the Problem to get to the 2nd
By Doug Howarth CEO, Hypernomics, Inc.661.713.7531 A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.— Charles...

Historians versus Futurists – Who is More Valuable?
Some analysts dig deep into historical information to glean insights once hidden. Other analysts are...

Cost Estimation for Risk: Are Contractors Really Overpricing?
How data-driven parametric price and cost estimation can mitigate the need for vendors to overcharge...