MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK FOR THE ESTIMATION OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COSTS

Abstract

Guidelines are presented to help managers estimate the costs of computer programming. The guidelines summarize a statistical analysis of 169 computer programming efforts with equations to estimate man months, computer hours, and months elapsed, and also planning factors such as man months per thousand instructions. Opinions, rules of thumb, and experience data based upon literature search and experience supplement the statistical results. Forms with the guidelines are organized into six sections corresponding to a six-step division of the computer programming process. Advice is given on the integration of cost estimates into a cost analysis to justify and plan ADP projects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1967
Accession Number
AD0648750

Entities

People

  • Erik Nelson

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Databases
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Languages
  • Processing Equipment
  • Programming Languages
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design