Software Product Factors for Development Cost Estimating at the Standard Systems Center.

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to document work commissioned by the Air Force Standard Center (SSC) in identifying realistic product factors for use in their recently adopted software cost estimating model. The mission of the SSC is to develop and maintain Air Force standard computer systems. Like many Air Force organizations, SSC workloads exceed their available resources. Their dilemma is compounded by software cost estimating techniques that are characterized by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) as generally immature, contributing to an ineffective resource commitment process. The SSC, working with the SEI, is addressing this and other documented problems. Within this larger context, this research project defines two product factors that could significantly affect software development costs at the SSC. The two factors are product complexity and customer relations.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA192683

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Meisner

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cost Estimates
  • Databases
  • Estimators
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Language
  • Life Cycles
  • Regression Analysis
  • Software Development
  • Structured Programming
  • Students
  • United States
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering.