DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATION MODEL FOR THE CONCEPTUALIZATION\FORMULATIN STAGES

THIS RESEARCH PROPOSES TO CONCEPTUALLY DESIGN A PARAMETRIC MODEL AND AN ASSOCIATED INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT WILL ACCURATELY ESTIMATE THE COST OF SOFTWAE IN COMPUTER EMBEDDED IN AI FORCE C3 I SYSTEMS. THE MODEL WILL BE BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COST,THE NUMBER OF EXECUTABLE SOURCE LINES OF CODE, AND PERMISSIBLE DEVELOPMENT TIME. THE REQUIREMENTS AND LOGIC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA BASE FOR THE COMPARATIVEESTIMATING OF REQUIRED SOFTWARE FUNCTION LEVEL SIZING IN PUTS WILL ALSO BE FORMULATED. BOTH DESIGNS WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE STRUCTURE OF A USER FRIENDLY INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT THE ANALYST CAN USE FOR MUCH MORE ACCURATE CONCEPTUALIZATION\ FORMULATION STAGE SOFTWARE COST ESITMATES.