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Cost Drivers for Software Projects

The constraints a and b are historical cost parameters from past projects in three categories: organic, semidetached, and embedded. Table 1 shows the values of a and b for each project category. The document also provides cost ratings for various product, hardware, personnel, and project attributes that may influence project costs.

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Cost Drivers for Software Projects

The constraints a and b are historical cost parameters from past projects in three categories: organic, semidetached, and embedded. Table 1 shows the values of a and b for each project category. The document also provides cost ratings for various product, hardware, personnel, and project attributes that may influence project costs.

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The constraints a and b are delivered from the historical data of the past projects in the

organization tabulated in Table 1.

Project Category a b c d
Organic 3.2 1.05 2.5 0.38
Semidetached 3.0 1.12 2.5 0.35
Embedded 2.8 1.20 2.5 0.32
Table – 1

Ratings

Cost drivers Very Extra


Low Nominal High Very high
low high

Product attributes
Software reliability (RELY) 0.75 0.88 1.00 1.15 1.40 -
Size of database (DATA) - 0.94 1.00 1.08 1.16 -
Product complexity (CPLX) 0.70 0.85 1.00 1.15 1.30 1.65
Hardware attributes
Run-time performance constraints - - 1.00 1.11 1.30 1.66
(TIME)
Memory storage constraints - - 1.00 1.06 1.21 1.56
(STORE)
Virtual machine volatility (VIRT) - 0.87 1.00 1.15 1.30 -
Required turnabout time (TURN) - 0.87 1.00 1.07 1.15 -
Personnel attributes
Analyst capability (ACAP) 1.46 1.19 1.00 0.86 0.71 -
Applications experience (AEXP) 1.29 1.13 1.00 0.91 0.82 -
Programmer capability (PCAP) 1.42 1.17 1.00 0.86 0.70 -
Virtual machine experience (VEXP) 1.21 1.10 1.00 0.90 - -
Programming language experience 1.14 1.07 1.00 0.95 - -
(LEXP)
Project attributes
Modern programming practices 1.24 1.10 1.00 0.91 0.82 -
(MODP)
Use of software tools (TOOL) 1.24 1.10 1.00 0.91 0.83 -
Development schedule (SCHED) 1.23 1.08 1.00 1.04 1.10 -

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