1. Cost Xpert Group
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Project Experience
Issue – How to define COTS
Spectrum from Non-Software Development vs. Traditional Reuse
Types of project activities
Deployment issues
Integration issues
Interface issues
Customization
Data as code
Source code customization
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Project Experience
Implementation of ASP model of existing application
Approximately 600 interactive (data) screens
Time to market critical, traditional development too slow
Estimated time required 8 people, 12 months
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Project Experience
Use COTS product called ASP-Express
Screen generator components
Data access and control components
Internet/intranet transaction management components
Estimated time required 5 people, 9 months
Still too long
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Project Experience
Client had many analysts with application domain expertise but no software development expertise
Create Wizard to allow non-developers to create scripts that then generated screens in ASP-Express
Project completed with 3 developers in 4 months.
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Project Experience
Estimating issues
Combines new development, reuse, and COTS
Boundary definition of project may change (e.g., is creation of the screens the project, or creation of a tool to create the screens?)
Data as code
Critical Success Factors
Move risk to those most able to control risk
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