Costar

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Costar SystemStar Estimation Tools

• Dan Ligett
• Softstar Systems
• Ligett_at_SoftstarSystems.com
• http//www.SoftstarSystems.com
• [phone]

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Softstar History

• Look to the past for clues about the future
• 20 years
• DOS, VMS, Solaris, Win 3, Win 95, Win 98, Win NT,
  Win 2000, Win XP
• Hundreds and hundreds of customers
• 20 COCOMO Meetings

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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

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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
• Its COCOMO open, studied, validated, known

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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!

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SystemStar Features

• Estimates Systems Engineering Effort
• Based on the COSYSMO model
• ISO 15288 framework
• 14 reports graphs
• Exports to Excel
• Calibration tool included
• Free Technical Support

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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

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Estimate Systems Engineering Effort
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Easy to Adjust Cost Drivers
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Effort per Activity per Phase
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Effort Cost per Phase