Posted by (CE)^2 : Communication and Empowerment for Cost Estimators
From the Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics: Volume 10 | Issue 3 | November 2022
Downloadable File: JCAPv10i3-CommunicationEmpowermentforCostEstimators-Snyder
Abstract: Too often, cost estimator training focuses solely on technical abilities, largely ignoring the “soft skills”. Good communication and empowering the team were shown in a 2020 ICEAA community survey to be critical to cost leadership efficacy. Knowing that technical skills alone will only take estimators so far, this paper leverages existing communication and empowerment best practices to demonstrate how all cost estimators can use soft skills to exponentially impact their analyses.
Author: Christina Snyder has been a cost estimator for 17 years; supporting multiple DOD programs with various aspects of cost estimating and strategic planning. She received her CCE/A® certification in 2012 and is passionate about translating cost data into insights that resonate. She won a best paper award in 2021 for her original work, “Dost Cost Team Leadership Matter”. Mrs. Snyder graduated from Virginia Tech in 2005 with a B.S. in Applied Computational Mathematics.