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System-of-Systems Cost Estimation: Analysis of Lead System Integrator Engineering Activities

System-of-Systems Cost Estimation: Analysis of Lead System Integrator Engineering Activities
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Author(s): Jo Ann Lane (University of Southern California, USA)and Barry Boehm (University of Southern California, USA)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 10
Source title: Emerging Systems Approaches in Information Technologies: Concepts, Theories, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): David Paradice (Florida State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-976-2.ch012

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Abstract

As organizations strive to expand system capabilities through the development of system-of-systems (SoS) architectures, they want to know “how much effort” and “how long” to implement the SoS. In order to answer these questions, it is important to first understand the types of activities performed in SoS architecture development and integration and how these vary across different SoS implementations. This article provides results of research conducted to determine types of SoS lead system integrator (LSI) activities and how these differ from the more traditional system engineering activities described in Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) 632 (“Processes for Engineering a System”). This research further analyzed effort and schedule issues on “very large” SoS programs to more clearly identify and profile the types of activities performed by the typical LSI and to determine organizational characteristics that significantly impact overall success and productivity of the LSI effort. The results of this effort have been captured in a reduced-parameter version of the constructive SoS integration cost model (COSOSIMO) that estimates LSI SoS engineering (SoSE) effort.

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