Systems Life Cycle Costing

<p>An analysis of today's business environment and the integration of software people and interfaces this book explores the roles of engineers information technologists and product development professionals. It provides methods processes and tools (MPTs) for life cycle costing while focusing on technology centric examples. The author includes unpublished material on the costing of commercial off-the-shelf systems and presents the MPTs from a product development perspective. The text also covers applications that use Excel spreadsheets for better comprehension.</p>