Description: Develop system pricing considering design complexity, domain knowledge, historical cost information, and cost objectives.
| Tool Name | Vendor | Description | Hardware Supported | Operating Systems | Uniform Resource Locator | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE IT | Air Force and Army Joint Program | Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools. An estimating system containing tools to assist in conducting cost analysis activities such as cost estimates, what-if studies, cost proposal evaluations, risk and uncertainty analysis | x86 | Win16 DOS | http://www.aceit.com/ | 01-May-99 |
| AMCOS | U.S. Army Cost and Economic Analysis Center (USACEAC) | Army Military Civilian Cost System. Manpower estimation tool. Used for estimating: costs of manning new weapon systems over its life cycle, cost trade-offs of alternative weapon systems, cost of adding new positions to the force structure. | x86 | DOS Win16 | http://www.asafm.army.mil/amcos/amcosweb/demo/frame.htm | 26-Jan-99 |
| CASA | U.S. Army Logistics Center | Cost Analysis and Strategy Assessment. Derived from Honeywell's Total Resource and Cost Evaluation (TRACE) Logistics Support and Life Cycle Cost Models. User for LCC estimates, trade-off analysis, repair level analysis, production rate and quantity | http://www.logpars.army.mil/casa.htm | 28-Jan-98 | ||
| COCOMO | University of Southern California | COnstuctive COst MOdel for effort, cost and schedule estimation of incremental software development. COCOMO model published in Software Engineering Economics by Dr. Barry Boehm. The Intermediate COCOMO model, USC COCOMO, is available free | PPC x86 SPARC | Win16 MacOS Unix | http://sunset.usc.edu/COCOMOII/Cocomo.html | 19-Feb-98 |
| COCOMO II | University of Southern California | An update of COCOMO 1981 to address software development practice's in the 1990's and 2000's. Tailorable mix of models. The Application Composition Model uses Object Point count for the early prototyping phase to resolve high risks issues | http://sunset.usc.edu/COCOMOII/Cocomo.html | 24-Apr-98 | ||
| CoCoPro | ICONIX Software Engineering | Implements Boehm's Constructive Cost Model (CoCoMo) technique for estimating costs of software projects. It supports the intermediate CoCoMo model, and allows automatic calibration of the model to a cost history database. | x86 PPC | Win32 MacOS | http://www.iconixsw.com/Spec_Sheets/ToolsSummary.html | 01-Nov-98 |
| COOLSoft | Wright Williams & Kelly | A hybrid model using intermediate and detailed COCOMO. Allows for the reuse of existing code, development of new code, the purchase and integration of third party code, and hardware integration. The output is effort, calendar schedule, support costs. | x86 PPC 68k | MacOS Win16 | http://www.wwk.com/coolsoft.html | 28-Jan-98 |
| Cost Xpert | Marotz, Inc. | Cost Estimation | 01-May-99 | |||
| Cost$Benefit Analysis Tool | Legacy Systems Research | Cost-benefit analysis software suitable for environmental and exploration investment activities at any stage of a project/decision for go/no go, choosing alternatives, proposal evaluation, acquisition strategy, long range plans. | x86 Alpha | Win16 Win32 | http://www.costbenefit.com/ | 25-Jun-97 |
| Costar V5 | Softstar Systems | Supports all COCOMO models. Version 5 includes COCOMO II models. V4 is the version available on RTIS LAN under Project Management Apps. | http://www.SoftstarSystems.com | 28-Jan-98 | ||
| ENRV | U.S. Air Force Cost Analysis Agency | Revised Intermediate COCOMO and Enhanced REVIC Advisor. Differences are: equation coefficients are revised base on calibration using DOD projects, provides a single weighted "average" distribution for effort and schedule and the ability for user to vary | 28-Jan-98 | |||
| Foresight | Price Systems | Cost Estimation | x86 | http://www.buyfs.com/p_product-foresight.htm | 01-Feb-99 | |
| GECOMO | Marconi | Cost estimation tool | 01-Sep-98 | |||
| KnowledgePLAN | Artemis Management Systems | Software cost estimation tool that uses a knowledge base of 3,000 projects. | x86 | Win32 | http://www.artemispm.com/kplan.htm | 01-Feb-99 |
| Monte Carlo | Primavera Systems Inc. | Utilizes project schedules and simulates project performance to assess likelihood of finishing on-time and within budget | x86 | Win32 | http://www.primavera.com/products/monte.html | 27-Nov-98 |
| OPEN PLAN | Welcom Software Technology | Resource allocation | http://www.wst.com | 27-Nov-98 | ||
| PES | Price Systems | PRICE Estimation Suite (PES). Parametric cost estimating tool. Development and production costs and schedules for systems of electronic, electromechanical, and structural assemblies. Has links to RDD-100 | x86 SPARC | Win16 Unix | http://www.buyfs.com/ | 09-Sep-98 |
| PRICE H | Price Systems | Parametric cost estimating tool. Development and production costs and schedules for systems of electronic, electromechanical, and structural assemblies. Has links to RDD-100 tool. | x86 SPARC | Win16 Unix | http://www.buyfs.com/ | 14-Oct-98 |
| PRICE HL | Price Systems | Parametric cost estimating tool. Operation and support costs for maintaining deployed hardware systems throughout their lifecycle. Has links to RDD-100 tool. | x86 SPARC | Win16 Unix | http://www.buyfs.com/ | 14-Oct-98 |
| PRICE M | Price Systems | Parametric cost estimating tool. Development and production costs and schedules for low-level electronics: IC, ASICs, MCMs, SEMs, Packaging, Printed Circuit Cards, etc. Has links to RDD-100 tool. | x86 SPARC | Win16 Unix | http://www.buyfs.com/ | 14-Oct-98 |
| PRICE S | Price Systems | Parametric cost estimating tool. Software development, maintenance, and support costs and schedules for total software cost of ownership. Has links to RDD-100 tool. | x86 SPARC | Win16 Unix | http://www.buyfs.com/ | 14-Oct-98 |
| ProjectView | Artemis Management Systems | Enterprise business solution that brings project planning, cost control, resource tracking, and project analysis to the heart of the organization. Using a unique role-based approach to software design and implementation. | x86 | Win32 | http://www.artemispm.com/w4123.html | 27-Nov-98 |
| REVIC | U.S. Air Force Cost Analysis Agency | Revised Intermediate COCOMO and Enhanced REVIC Advisor. Differences are: equation coefficients are revised based on calibration using DOD projects, provides a single weighted "average" distribution for effort and schedule | 28-Jan-98 | |||
| SEAT | Software Estimation and Analysis Tool. Integrates Functional Point Analysis (FPA) for LOC estimation and COCOMO for effort and schedule estimation. | 28-Jan-98 | ||||
| SEER-H | G A SEER Technologies | System Evaluation and Estimation of Resources (SEER). Hardware Estimation Model to aid in estimation of the development and production cost, scheduling, and risks associated with hardware acquisition. | x86 | Win32 | http://www.gaseer.com/tools_frame.html | 18-Oct-98 |
| SEER-HLC | G A SEER Technologies | Life cycle cost tool. Used during any program phase, from Concept Study and through a program's entire development, investment and operational life. Outputs from other SEER models can provide SEER-HLC inputs. | x86 | Win32 | http://www.gaseer.com/tools_frame.html | 18-Oct-98 |
| SEER-SEM | G A SEER Technologies | Tools for estimating software development and maintenance cost, schedule risk and reliability. Parameters handle spiral, prototype, evolutionary, or object oriented development. Provides an independent assessment of the effective SEI rating for the par | x86 | Win32 | http://www.gaseer.com/tools_frame.html | 18-Oct-98 |
| SEER-SSM | G A SEER Technologies | System Evaluation and Estimation of Resources (SEER). Tools for estimating software size in terms of LOC or functional size. | x86 | Win32 | http://www.gaseer.com/tools_frame.html | 18-Oct-98 |
| SLIM | Quantitative Software Management | Putman's Software Life Cycle Model | x86 | Win32 | 28-Jan-98 | |
| SmartCost | Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. | Capture best-practice cost estimation knowledge with SmartCost, and make it available when and where it is needed. Integrate multiple knowledge sources to generate total-cost-of-ownership predictions | x86 | Win16 | http://www.kbsi.com/Tools/Smartcost.htm | 01-Nov-98 |
| Views | Artemis Management Systems | Enterprise business solution that brings project planning, cost control, resource tracking, and project analysis to the heart of the organization. Using a unique role-based approach to software design and implementation. | x86 | Win32 | http://www.artemispm.com/w4122.html | 01-Feb-99 |
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