Flexible, Low-Noise Air Management

The objective of this Phase 1 proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a set of software estimation tools and procedures that will estimate software development cost and schedule for software efforts of Naval Aviation. The set of softwarecost and schedules estimation tools and procedures developed through this project will include Marotz, Inc.'s software estimation tool Cost Xpert. The software estimation models in Cost Xpert will be customized and calibrated to reflect Naval Aviation'sspecific software development domain and to estimate the costs and schedules of Naval Aviation software development projects with a standard deviation of 10% or less. This set of tools will also include a tool with the ability to update Naval Aviation'sproject estimates and project baselines to with metrics gathered from by Naval Aviation's automated project management tools. This tool will allow Naval Aviation to record and store actual project metrics, compare actual results with estimated results,when appropriate create new project estimates or baselines, and finally correlate the metrics needed to refine and calibrate the customized Naval Aviation software estimation models.These tools and procedures hold the promise of allowing Naval Aviation tonot only effectively plan for the allocation of its resources in the development of new and upgraded systems for the Fleet but also become more dynamic and systematic in its decision making processes throughout the entire lifecycle of its projectsincreasing the probabilities of project success.Marotz, Inc. anticipates that the same software management professionals that use its estimation tool Cost Xpert will be interested in a tool that ties together general purpose software management tools used by Naval Aviation, the estimation models in CostXpert 3.0 and a PERK database. It will be using its established sales channels and relationships with clients to market this tool. Marotz, Inc. estimates that a successful software process simulation tool will be achieve $500 thousand in revenue in itsfirst year after release and $2 million in its second year.