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Costar & SystemStar Estimation Tools
Dan Ligett
Softstar Systems
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…
• Hundreds and hundreds of customers
• 21 COCOMO Meetings
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
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
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!
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
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
Estimate Systems Engineering Effort
Easy to Adjust Cost Drivers
Effort per Activity per Phase
Effort & Cost per Phase