The REVIC Advisor (REVAD): An Expert System Preprocessor to a Parametric Software Cost Estimating Model

Abstract

Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC) engineers perform a Technical Analysis of a Cost Proposal (TACP) whenever a contractor submits a proposal in an environment of little or no competition. This environment applies to most weapons systems software proposals. The Department of Defense purchased an estimated $34 billion of software embedded in weapons systems in fiscal year 1990. Tools are needed to assist DCMC engineers in performing TACPs involving software. REVAD, coupled with REVIC, provides a flexible analytical framework from which the engineer may follow the analysis wherever it may lead. In addition to expert decision rules and an online software glossary, REVAD produces a complete report of the software cost estimating session, which the engineer may include in the TACP report. Based on the favorable results of a field test and the potential of huge savings from more effective TACPs involving software, DCMC should distribute REVAD throughout the Command as a tool for software estimating.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA242707

Entities

People

  • Alan R. Greve
  • Dennis L. Skoneczka
  • Keith D. Ernst
  • Richard M. Silla

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cost Models
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Expert Systems
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Game Theory.
  • Software Engineering.