Return on Software: Maximizing the Return on Your Software Investment

An Overview of the Book

Here is a quick look at the topics that are covered in this book. The book is divided into eight parts:

• Part I: Introduction and Foundations. This part introduces the subject and provides the background needed to understand the rest of the book. Topics include the fundamental concepts of business decisions, the business decision-making process, the time value of money (interest), financial equivalence, and ways to characterize proposed solutions including present worth, internal rate of return, and discounted payback period.

• Part II: Making For-Profit Business Decisions. In this part, the basic mechanics of making business decisions in for-profit organizations are presented. Specific topics are for-profit decision analysis, ...