Predicting Software Development Cost for Command and Control Systems

In the past, the Department of Defense (DoD) has relied upon commercial software estimating tools. However, these tools are somewhat unreliable when it comes to estimating military systems, particularly Command and Control Systems. The purpose of this study was to develop a parametric model using linear regression to estimate software development costs for DoD Command and Control systems. The developed model is unique in a few ways. First, the model is derived from Department of Defense command and control data. Second, while traditional models require volumes of variables to create estimates, the developed model only requires a few key variables to estimate the amount of effort necessary to complete a project. The key variables were selected through analyzing common variables used in software cost estimating.Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB Oh School of Engineering is the author of 'Predicting Software Development Cost for Command and Control Systems', published 2001 under ISBN 9781423530213 and ISBN 1423530217.