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Annex A – Lexicon

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Annex B – Acronyms

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Annex C – Flowcharting Symbols

Parallelograms represent inputs and outputs to or from a process/procedure.
Rectangles represent individual process/procedure activities.	Diamonds represent important decision points in the process/procedure.
Lines with arrowheads connect symbols to show the progression or direction of the activities.	Circles represent connectors when a process/procedure flowchart continues on the next page.

Annex D – Bibliography

Boehm, Barry, Software Engineering Economics, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1991.

Jones, Capers, Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1996.

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Annex E – Document Change Control

This chart contains a history of this documents revision. The document itself should be stored in revision control, and a brief description of each version should be entered in the revision control system. That brief description can be repeated in this section.

Revision Number	Date of Issue	Author(s)	Brief Description of Change
0.1	1999-09-08	R. Mundt	Initial Document
0.2	1999-09-22	R. Mundt	Revised Draft
0.3	1999-09-23	R. Mundt	Added Spreadsheet Annex
1.0	1999-11-09	EMF/PPTO	First Draft
2.0	2000-01-21	EMF/PPTO	Second Draft

Annex F – Project Estimates Formula(s) Documentation for Project Resources and Schedule – Sheet 2

Size (Bring forward Total KSLOC from previous sheet)
(Sheet 1 - 5C) Total KSLOC
1. Effort
Productivity Value					(1C) Schedule Multiplier
(1A) Type of Application	(1B) Size Domain
	Small 0–60 KSLOC	Medium 61-250 KSLOC	Large > 250 KSLOC
New Development
IT Outsourcing	4.5	4.0	3.0		1.12
IT In House	3.0	3.6	2.7		1.12
Commercial Software / Simulators	2.0	2.5	2.0		1.20
Embedded Systems	1.6	1.5	1.0		1.32
Military Standard Embedded Systems	2.0	1.2	0.8		1.32
Ada Military Standard Embedded	2.0	2.2	2.5		1.32
Embedded Object Oriented	2.2	2.4	2.6		1.32
Maintenance
IT Outsourcing	3.2	2.8	2.1		1.12
IT In House	2.1	2.5	1.9		1.12
Commercial Software / Simulators	1.4	1.8	1.4		1.20
Embedded Systems	1.1	1.1	0.7		1.32
Military Standard Embedded Systems	1.4	0.8	0.6		1.32
Ada Military Standard Embedded	1.5	1.5	1.8		1.32
Embedded Object Oriented	1.5	1.7	1.8		1.32
(1D) Productivity Value				Intersection of "Type of Application" & "Size Domain"
(1E) Effort in Person Months				(Sheet 1 – 5C) / (1D) * 12

2. Optimum Schedule
(2A) Schedule Multiplier	Choose from Column 1C
(2B) Optimum Schedule (Duration in Calendar Months)	(2.6 * (Cube root of 1E)) * 2A

If no imposed schedule go to step 5 Labour Costs. 3. Imposed Schedule
(3A) Imposed Schedule (Duration in Calendar Months)	From Business Case or Project Charter
(3B) Schedule Acceleration	3A / 2B

4. Effort Adjustment to Meet Imposed Schedule
Description	(4A) Adjustment
Schedule Acceleration < 0.75	None Schedule is Impossible
Schedule Acceleration 0.75 – 0.80	1.23
Schedule Acceleration 0.81 – 0.95	1.08
Schedule Acceleration > 0.95	1.0
(4B) Schedule Adjustment		Choose from Column 4A
(4C) Adjusted Total Effort in Person Months		(1E) *(4B)

5 Labour Costs
(5A) Average Developer Cost Per Person Month	Use Organization's Average
(5B) Total Labour Costs for Optimum Schedule	1E * 5A
(5C) Total Labour Costs for Imposed Schedule	4C * 5A

6 Capital Costs
(6A) Development/Maintenance Environment
Hardware
Software
Other
(6B) Infrastructure Costs
Server/Network Systems
Telecom Access
Other
(6C) Additional Costs
Training
Accommodations
Translation
Other
(6Z) Total Capital Costs		Sum column

7 Summary
Size	(Sheet 1 – 5C)
	(1E)
Optimum Schedule (Duration in Calendar Months)	(2B)
Total Labour Costs for Optimum Schedule	(5B)
Imposed Schedule (Duration in Calendar Months)	(3A)
Adjusted Total Effort in Person Months (To Meet Imposed Schedule)	(4C)
Total Labour Costs for Imposed Schedule	(5C)
Total Capital Costs	(6Z)

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