Process Quality Assurance for UML-Based Projects

Costs of Licensing and Deployment

This criterion includes licensing costs, maintenance costs, deployment costs, and upgrade costs as new releases appear. These costs have to be ascertained from their respective vendors, but are more likely to be influenced by how many licenses are required by the organization. Arriving at the number of licenses required is crucial in ascertaining the costs of licensing and deploying tools. This also relates to the support of multiple users discussed earlier.