Approaches to Calculating Systems Engineering Schedule in Parametric Cost Models
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Gaffney, John E.; Valerdi, Ricardo; Ross, Michael A.![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/84092/cp_090420_gaffney%2cvalerdi%2cross_cser.pdf.jpg?sequence=5&isAllowed=y)
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This paper provides two similar approaches for calculating project schedule from a systems engineering perspective. To
illustrate the genesis of each approach, we provide two analogies; one from economics and one from physics. These are complemented with mathematical derivations that provide quantitative comparisons of the tradeoff between the duration of a project and the optimal effort. Connections are made to Books’ Law and Parkinson’s Law to validate the theoretical discussion
with the pragmatic observations from the software engineering literature.
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2009-04-20Keywords
cost estimation, schedule estimation, COSYSMO, COCOMO II
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