Title Slide
Point of Contact
Outline Slide
Model Development History
Problem Context: What is (and isn't) COTS?
Problem Context: COTS Phenomena, Pitfalls and Practices
Problem Context: Modeling
COTS Software Integration Cost Sources
COCOMO Cost Sources
COCOMO vs COCOTS Cost Sources
Objectory Management Checkpoints (RATIONAL)
Objectory Information Set Evolution (RATIONAL)
COTS Assessment: Formulae
COTS Assessment: Assessment Attributes
COTS Tailoring: Formula
COTS Tailoring: Dimensions of Tailoring Difficulty
COTS Glue Code and Test: Formula
COTS Glue Code and Test: Glue Code Cost Drivers
Increased Effort Due to COTS Volatility: Formulae
Increased Effort Due to COTS Volatility: COCOMO II Scale Factors
Total COTS Integration Cost Estimate
Prospective COTS Follow-ons
Modeling Other COTS Related Costs
Extended COCOTS Model
Estimating Lifecycle Cost of Software COTS
Estimating Lifecycle Cost of Hardware COTS
Conclusion
Backup Charts
Proposal
Rating Aggregation Problem
Disposition
BRAK GLUE Data Definition
BRAK Model Equation Derivation
Email: cots-info@sunset.usc.edu
COCOTS Home Page: http://sunset.usc.edu/csse/research/COCOTS/