Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers

Acronyms

ACAP	Analyst capability cost driver
APEX	Application experience cost driver
API	Application program interface
B-to-B	Business to business
CAD	Computer-aided design
CAIV	Cost as an independent variable
CCB	Change control board
CIO	Chiefinformation system officer
CM	Configuration management
CMM	Capability maturity model
CMMI	Capability maturity model integration
CMMI-SE/SW	Capability maturity model integration—
	system engineering/software
COCOMO	Constructive cost model
CORBA	Common object request broker architecture
COTS	Commercial off-the-shelf
CPLX	Product complexity cost driver
CTO	Chieftechnology officer
DATA	Database size cost driver
DBMS	Database management system
DOCU	Documentation matched ...