Predictive Software Cost Model Study. Volume I. Final Technical Report.

Abstract

Current cost estimating techniques do not adequately address the problem of predicting avionics embedded software support costs. This limitation results primarily from an inadequate understanding of how those costs are generated and from a scarcity of historical data on avionics software support and the resultant costs. The objectives of this Phase I study of the Predictive Software Cost Model (PSCM) program were to determine the feasibility of a model to predict those costs and to generate a roadmap for development of such a model. The feasibility of such a model was established. It will include the six key resource types required to support avionics software: personnel, support hardware, support software, facilities (buildings), program documentation and flight test aircraft/ranges. Some preliminary estimating relationships were identified. A detailed roadmap for developing the model was generated. Phase II of the PSCM program will provide an operating model for predicting avionics embedded software support costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088476

Entities

People

  • Alan P. Bangs
  • Esperanza E. Rodriguez
  • Gary L. Foreman
  • James L. Green
  • Richard B. Waina

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering.