468 Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies N. 6 / 2015 • The codification of information using breakdown structures and its appropriate storage and processing in centralised management systems are primordial elements in order to obtain historical comparable data and develop parameters and CERs, with which cost estimation models may be created. • As part of the LCC estimation procedure it is necessary to define and develop a planning guidance paper for the calculation of LCC estimation along the lines of US CARD, UK MDAL or DADD, which would be applicable from the DDV stage onwards. • Generic LCC templates, such as the one defined in UNE-EN-60300 or by Ortuzar,40 need to be customised for each family of systems incorporating the parameters, CERs etc. obtained for each family of systems into the specific template, using the most appropriate estimation method to obtain this. • A standing office for the management of programmes should be created. This would be manned by staff specialised in management and would channel know-how such as organisation, coordination between programmes, the media and lessons learnt as well as support programme leaders and develop and manage policies, procedures, templates and other documentation. In addition, it would be tasked with managing the integrated management teams of the six aforementioned companies. Spanish staff who occupy management positions in OCCAR/NATO should be required to undertake subsequent service in this office in Spain. Those staff in the armed forces who so desire should be encouraged to develop their career path within programme management. Their institutional training should be supported, as well as training in prestigious international centres, and they should acquire further qualifications outside of the Spanish Ministry of Defence. • It would be advisable to implement the LCC analysis technique as part of procedures for the award of contracts. • In particular, as part of our resourcing process:41 1. It would be advisable to regulate Life Cycle Management and complete the rough estimate procedure for LCC contained within Instruction 67/2011, using the comparison made with OCCAR and NATO as a reference point. 40 ORTUZAR, R. University of Granada. Una propuesta metodológica para la estimación del coste del ciclo de vida en inversiones militares A methodological Proposal for Estimating the Life Cycle Cost of Military Investment. Granada. 2008, pp. 283-405. 41 The majority of the conclusions and recommendations reached here coincide with those obtained in the report produced by the NATO working group SAS-054. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee
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