An Approach to Software Life Cycle Cost Modeling.

Abstract

This report describes the development of a software life cycle costing model. The model reduces life cycle cost to a function of three parameters which are in turn functions of a number of factors that describe the software system. A step-by-step algorithm is presented for building the model from raw data. The model is exercised as an example with a small amount of data. Sensitivity analysis is used to help select the most salient facors. Brief descriptions of management applications and recommendations are presented. Appendices describe sample data and two computer programs used to develop the model. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064223

Entities

People

  • William H. Walker Iv

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Cost Models
  • Data Sets
  • Defense Systems
  • Engineering
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Maintenance
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Software Engineering.