WCAC ICEAA March Luncheon: Costing Web App Development for Operations Research

Please join us for this month’s Washington Capital Area Chapter (WCAC) International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA) Luncheon:

SUBJECT: WCAC ICEAA March Luncheon: Costing Web App Development for Operations Research

PRESENTED BY: Kyle Ferris and Eric Hagee, Tecolote

TIME: March 4, 2025 | 12:00 to 1:00pm eastern

SUMMARY:

Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) web application development platforms empower analysts to leverage low-code environments to build comprehensive business tools. Therefore, understanding the lifecycle cost requirements to design, develop, deploy and maintain low-code web applications as both analytical and decision support tools for stakeholders is of interest to the cost community. We define web application lifecycle requirements as analogous to an overarching Data Operations Stack. The Data Operations Stack is a conceptual framework that describes data operations as a set of hierarchical requirements, from base-level IT infrastructure and tools to high-level business products. With this framework in mind, we describe web application lifecycle requirements through successive levels of the Data Operations Stack, elucidating the required personnel, tools, and capabilities integrated into each level. Finally, we discuss how an understanding of interconnected dependencies across the Data Operations Stack can be used to develop defensible cost estimates and manage resources for web application lifecycle requirements.

This briefing was originally presented at the ICEAA Professional Development & Training Workshop.

Join us for this year’s workshop in Atlanta! https://www.iceaaonline.com/atl2025/

Speaker:

Kyle Ferris and Eric Hagee, Tecolote

Speaker Bios:

Kyle Ferris, CCEA® – Kyle Ferris is a Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst for Tecolote Research, Inc., where he currently provides cost estimating and business analytics support for the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) Program Office. Mr. Ferris previously supported various US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers, to include the United States Customs & Border Patrol (CBP), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and MCSC Program Executive Office Land Systems (PEO LS). Mr. Ferris is the Team Lead for Tecolote’s Data Analytics Working Group, where he organizes interactive seminars on advanced analytics and machine learning using Python and R. Mr. Ferris also serves as a training developer for Tecolote’s Data Science Analyst Training Program, where he develops materials related to foundational coding concepts.

Eric Hagee – Eric Hagee is a Data Analyst for Tecolote Research, Inc., currently providing cost and data analytics support for CISA. Mr. Hagee previously supported various DoD and DHS customers, to include the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) and the DHS Cost Analysis Division . Mr. Hagee is a training developer for Tecolote’s Data Science Analyst Training Program, where he develops advanced R and Python training materials to include web app and machine learning model development. Mr. Hagee also serves as a developer for Tecolote’s Data Analytics Working Group, where he develops data visualization use-cases.