Patent №
US 6,938,007
Granted
2005-08-30
Filed 1996
Owner
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION, A CORP. OF TEXAS
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Lab
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AI components
3
kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08660616
In one aspect, an automated method is provided for updating cost data for a software application in a maintenance environment. The method includes collecting functional metrics data and determining a composite index. A maintainability index is calculated, and an average cost per full-time equivalent is recorded. A maintenance unit cost is then calculated from the composite index, the maintainability index, and the average cost per full-time equivalent.In another aspect, an automated method is provided for computing cost of a software application in an enhancement environment. The method includes collecting functional metrics data, determining a composite, and calculating a maintainability index. An average cost per full-time equivalent is recorded, and a size of the application in function points is estimated. An enhancement unit cost is then calculated from the composite index, the maintainability index, the average cost per full-time equivalent, and the estimated function point size.
AI classification
Ownership
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION, A CORP. OF TEXAS
assignment · 80500324
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
merger · 97100976
Assignors
IULIANELLO, CAROL M., JAMIESON, PAULA J., DIPIETRO, KATHERINE H., LAWRENCE, KRISTE M. VINCENT, ERBELDING, JAMES C., THOMPSON, MIRA M., ANDERSON, GRAHAM R., RASHID, HASSAN T.
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