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Costar & SystemStar Estimation Tools

Costar & SystemStar Estimation Tools. Dan Ligett Softstar Systems Ligett@SoftstarSystems.com http://www.SoftstarSystems.com (603) 672-0987. Softstar History. Look to the past for clues about the future: 21 years DOS, VMS, Solaris, Win 3, Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP…

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Costar & SystemStar Estimation Tools

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  1. Costar & SystemStar Estimation Tools Dan Ligett Softstar Systems Ligett@SoftstarSystems.com http://www.SoftstarSystems.com (603) 672-0987

  2. Softstar History Look to the past for clues about the future: • 21 years • DOS, VMS, Solaris, Win 3, Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP… • Hundreds and hundreds of customers • 21 COCOMO Meetings

  3. Technical Support • Free, unlimited, technical support • Phone, fax, e-mail, website, FAQ • Modeling issues • COCOMO & COSYSMO questions & interpretations • Calibration techniques • Estimating methods, line counting, etc. • How can we do that? • The software is excellent • The GUI is excellent • The help system is excellent

  4. Costar Features • Incremental COCOMO • COCOMO II • COCOMO 81, REVIC • Many reports & graphs • Export to Excel • Schedule Constraints • Calico for calibration • Add phases, activities, cost drivers, defaults • It’s COCOMO – open, studied, validated, known

  5. Costar Licensing • Single User License • Inexpensive way to introduce COCOMO • Site License • No per seat charges, all employees at a site get Costar • Worldwide Corporate License • No per seat charges, all employees get Costar • Standard estimating method, tools, training, file formats, etc. • About 19 cents each for LMCO-sized company • One time fee – not an annual charge!

  6. SystemStar Features • Estimates Systems Engineering Effort • Based on the COSYSMO model • ISO 15288 framework • 14 reports & graphs • Reuse Model • Exports to Excel • Calibration tool included • Free Technical Support

  7. SystemStar Licensing • Site License • Worldwide Corporate License • No per seat charges, all employees get SystemStar • Standard estimating method, tools, training, file formats, etc. • Annual Fee

  8. Estimate Systems Engineering Effort

  9. Easy to Adjust Cost Drivers

  10. Effort per Activity per Phase

  11. Effort & Cost per Phase

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