Front End Analysis

ALE's Front-End Analysis (FEA) is a broad-based, straightforward analysis designed to systematically assess and improve the interaction of operational, logistical, and technical considerations of your program. FEA utilizes a limited-detail analysis to highlight key supportability and readiness issues early in the development of a program. Equipped with this knowledge, it is possible to reduce resource consumption and/or increase operational readiness without increasing development/production cost or reducing performance.

ALE's award-winning FEA approach emphasizes the use of expert opinion and common sense, rather than relying on complex analysis tools, to identify and capitalize on critical program design and/or logistic opportunities. Our process has consistently produced significant results for systems of all sizes, including the International Space Station, Space Defense Initiative, USCG and US Navy ship programs, and various new technology companies.

ALE has found that the FEA is best conducted in a workshop environment with experts on the subject as active participants. It employs modern system analysis principles to integrate the many functional disciplines necessary for analysis of modern systems in an organized, open forum. The direct participation and synergistic effects between experts rapidly produces superior results and reduces lead time for implementation of ideas and opportunities to maximize cost avoidance.

The defining principles of Front End Analysis are:

• Identify and deal with important issues first
• Focus analysis for breadth, rather than depth
• Use expert opinion as primary data source
• Use simple, flexible and comprehensive analysis tools
• Keep analysis brief and in system terms
• Relate results to system performance
• Differentiate between near and far term opportunities