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SOFTWARE PRODUCT ASSURANCE COST ESTIMATING MODEL

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5718
Amount: $49,788.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
125 Cambridge Park Dr
Cambridge, MA 02140
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 C LAWRENCE MEADOR
 (617) 354-6400
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

TO MEET THE ARMY'S NEED FOR IMPROVED COST CONTROL AND PREDICTION OF RESOURCE USAGE IN THE INDEPENDENT PRODUCT ASSURANCE ACTIVITIES IN AS TIMELY A MANNER AS POSSIBLE, WE PROPOSE USING THE SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE DATABASE (SQUAD/20) MODEL, DEVELOPED BY CAPERS JONES AS A PROTOTYPE FOR ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IV&V COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM. THE MODEL CURRENTLY PREDICTS COST, EFFORT, AND DEFECT REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES FOR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION AND A NUMBER OF OTHER DEFECT REMOVAL ACTIVITIES. THE OBJECTIVES IN PHASE I ARE TO VALIDATE THE MODEL WITHIN THE DOD AND ENLARGE THE DATABASE OF SQUAD/20, RECOMMEND AND INITIATE AN ONGOING PROJECT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR IV&V PREDICTION PURPOSES, AND SPECIFY THE SUBSEQUENT VERSION OF THE MODEL. FUTURE VERSIONS WOULD HANDLE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: MORE THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF FACTORS EFFECTING QA PRODUCTIVITY, A LARGER DATABASE OF HISTORICAL PROJECTS, FINER DETAIL ON ACTIVITY ESTIMATION AND MORE SOPHISTICATED PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS.

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