DocumentCode
3475955
Title
Quantifying the value of architecture design decisions: lessons from the field
Author
Moore, Mike ; Kaman, R. ; Klein, Mark ; Asundi, Jai
Author_Institution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
3-10 May 2003
Firstpage
557
Lastpage
562
Abstract
This paper outlines experiences with using economic criteria to make architecture design decisions. It briefly describes the CBAM (Cost Benefit Analysis Method) framework applied to estimate the value of architectural strategies in a NASA project, the ECS. This paper describes the practical difficulties and experiences in applying the method to a large realworld system. It concludes with some lessons learned from the experience.
Keywords
cost-benefit analysis; software architecture; software cost estimation; CBAM; NASA project; architecture design decision; cost benefit analysis method; economic criteria; Availability; Computer architecture; Cost benefit analysis; Engineering management; File servers; Investments; Marketing and sales; NASA; Software engineering; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering, 2003. Proceedings. 25th International Conference on
ISSN
0270-5257
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1877-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSE.2003.1201237
Filename
1201237
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