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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2011.16.9.035

Modified Software Equation for Software Cost-Schedule Tradeoff  

Lee, Sang-Un (Dept. of Multimedia Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Choi, Myeong-Bok (Dept. of Multimedia Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.16, no.9, 2011 , pp. 35-43 More about this Journal
Abstract
To develop a software, there is a relationship between development organization's productivity, effort, development schedule, and software size. It is software equation that motive these relations. Basically, relationship between size-effort and size-schedule is applied. If this relationship is not proper, there would be no effect of the cost-schedule tradeoff equation that is derived from software equation, and the manpower profile analysis, etc. To solve these unwanted problems, we presented a modified software equation and a cost-schedule tradeoff model based on the modified software equation. To improve software development success rate, applying proposed model will help in contract negotiation or bid.
Keywords
Software Equation; Cost-Schedule Tradeoff; Impossible Region; Process Productivity; Schedule Compression;
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