Systems Life Cycle Costing: Economic Analysis, Estimation, and Management (Hardcover)

Overview of Systems Life Cycle CostingIntroduction to Systems Life Cycle CostingSystems Life Cycle CostingEconomic AnalysisCost EstimationCost ManagementSummaryQuestionsBibliographyReferencesIntroduction to Engineering EconomyIntroductionThe Capital Budgeting DecisionTime Value of MoneyAmortizationInvestment MeasuresInflation/DeflationSummaryQuestionProblemsBibliographyReferenceAdvanced Economic Analysis of AlternativesIntroduction to Advanced Cash Flow AnalysisIncome and Cash Flow StatementsExpected ValueSensitivity AnalysisBreak-Even AnalysisSummaryQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferenceLife Cycle Framework and TechniquesIntroduction to Developing Life Cycle ModelsDeveloping LCC ModelsLife Cycle Cost CategoriesEstimating LCC Throughout the Product Development CycleSummaryQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferencesSimulation-Based CostingIntroductionReview of Probability and StatisticsDiscrete Process GeneratorsContinuous Process GeneratorsProbability and Statistics SummarySimulation in PracticeUsing Readiness Levels for Model InputSimulation Using SpreadsheetsBuilding Systems SimulationsSummaryQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferencesAppendix 5A Costing of Complex SystemsIntroductionIssues Surrounding Complex SystemsSystems Engineering and Management CostsFrom Requirements to ArchitecturesSummaryQuestionsProblemBibliographyReferencesSoftware-Intensive SystemsIntroductionSoftware Estimating TechniquesSummaryQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferencesAppendix 7AParametric Cost EstimatingIntroductionThe Role of StatisticsSome CERs of InterestSummary and ConclusionsQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferencesCost as an Independent VariableIntroductionCAIV Evolution Through the Life CycleCAIV MetricsDesign to Cost versus CAIVSummaryQuestionsBibliographyReferencesCosting and Managing Off-the-Shelf SystemsIntroductionCOTSGOTSSoftware ReuseOpen SourceSummaryQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferencesCost of QualityIntroductionSix SigmaCMMIGeneric Cost of Quality ModelsConclusionsQuestionsProblemsBibliographyReferencesProject Management’s Role in Life Cycle CostingIntroductionBasics of NetworksWork Breakdown StructureProgress MeasurementMonte Carlo Simulation of NetworksSummaryQuestionProblemsBibliographyReferencesAppendix A: Abbreviations and AcronymsAppendix B: Excel® Tutorial to Support Economic Analysis and Simulation-Based CostingIndex