CSDR Standard Plans

Establishing a solid CSDR Plan as the basis for effective cost data collection is often a labor-intensive effort, which must be front loaded so that it can be (ideally) included in the RFP release. Too little time spent on Planning, and the data collected will be inadequate or missing altogether. Too much time spent on Planning, and the Acquisition process can be unnecessarily delayed. The single biggest enabler of improved efficiency in the Planning process without sacrificing thoroughness is the dissemination of CSDR Standard Plans, which have been drafted for all major system types as reflected in the appendices of MIL-STD-881F Work Breakdown Structures for Defense Materiel Items. These Standards serve as templates, so rather than starting from scratch for each contract or copying an old Plan that may itself have shortcomings, the CWIPT has a running start in establishing the new Plan. The Templates were designed to improve DD Form 2794 CSDR by extending the content.

In all, twenty-one standard plan product extensions will be developed. To date, eighteen were developed collaboratively, DoD wide, under an Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) funded effort. The Ground vehicle systems standard plan was developed by the Army. The Sea Systems and Unmanned Maritime Systems standard plans are forthcoming from the Navy. With few exceptions each commodity area includes two standard plan templates- one for development phase contracts and one for production phase contracts. Each standard plan is also accompanied by a CWBS dictionary and Standard Technical Data Supplement. These documents should be considered as your starting point when building new CSDR. Tailoring of the content within each plan is left up to the discretion of individual CWIPTs but please note major deviations from these standard templates must be annotated by each CWIPT and approved by each service’s CSDR plan approval chain of command.

2022 DD Form 2794 CSDR Standard Plan Product Extensions by Commodity

	2022 MIL-STD-881F based CSDR templates	Ties to MIL-STD-881F
1	Aircraft Systems	Appendix A Aircraft Systems
2	UAV Systems	Appendix A Aircraft Systems
3	Avionics Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
4	C4I Electronics Systems/Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
5	C4I Radar System/Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
6	Electronic/Generic Systems/Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
7	Electronic Warfare Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
8	Engine Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
9	Generic Subcontractor System/Subsystems	Appendix B Electronic or Generic Systems
10	Missile-Ordnance Systems	Appendix C Missile/Ordnance Systems
11	Strategic Missile Systems	Appendix D Strategic Missile Systems
12	Sea Systems	Appendix E Sea Systems
13	Space Systems	Appendix F Space Systems
14	Ground Vehicle System	Appendix G Ground Vehicle Systems
15	Unmanned Maritime Systems	Appendix H Unmanned Maritime Systems
16	Launch Vehicle Systems	Appendix I Launch Vehicle Systems
17	IS-DBS (Information System-Defense Business System)	Appendix J Information Systems/Defense Business Systems
18	(DRAFT) DevSecOps	No Equivalent
19	Launch Services	No Equivalent
20	Launch Service Support	No Equivalent
21	Sustainment	Refer to Appendix L
22	Training Systems (Weapons/Maintenance)	No Equivalent