Software Cost Estimates

This post provides 12 rules for successful program or project assessments.

June 19, 2023•By William E. Novak

This post describes how to apply causal-modeling algorithms and tools to project data to identify, measure, and test causality.

May 22, 2023•By Michael D. Konrad

In Software Engineering Research and Development

Identifying, estimating, and containing the cost of software is critical to the effective deployment of government systems....

July 6, 2020•By Michael J. Gagliardi, Michael D. Konrad, Douglas Schmidt (William & Mary)

In Software Architecture

DoD programs continue to experience cost overruns; the inadequacies of cost estimation were cited by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as one of the top problem areas....

July 22, 2018•By Bill Nichols

This blog post describes our efforts to improve the accuracy and reliability of expert judgment within this expanded role of early lifecycle cost estimation.

August 5, 2012•By Robert W. Stoddard

This SEI Blog post summarizes the SEMA team's multi-year project, QUELCE, focused on quantifying uncertainty in early lifecycle cost estimation.

June 10, 2012•By David Zubrow

This SEI blog posting summarizes key software sustainment challenges faced by DoD; the subsequent post describes R&D activities conducted by the SEI to address some of these challenges.

July 31, 2011•By Douglas Schmidt (William & Mary)

In Software Architecture

Dive deeper into SEI methods helping estimation experts create quality cost estimates of COEs for the US Army.

June 12, 2011•By Robert Ferguson

Discover challenges observed when attempting to estimate software effort and cost in DoD acquisition programs in this SEI Blog series.

May 22, 2011•By Robert Ferguson