Groups, programs and organizations that focus on cost estimation.
Army Software Metrics Office (ASMO) - The mission of the Army Software Metrics Office is to support Army and DoD managers in developing effective software measurement programs. The ASMO is sponsored by the US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), and the Office of the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 (CIO/G-6) staff.
IFPUG - International Function Point Users Group - The International Function Point Users' Group (IFPUG) is a membership governed, non-profit organization committed to increasing the effectiveness of its members' information technology environments through the application of function point analysis (FPA) and other software measurement techniques. IFPUG endorses FPA as its standard
methodology for software sizing.
ISPA - International Society of Parametric Analysts - ISPA is a professional society dedicated to the improvement and promotion of parametric cost modeling techniques and methodologies and the related fields of risk analysis, econometrics, design-to-cost, technology forecasting, and management. ISPA provides a forum that encourages the professional development of its members through the interchange of ideas and perspectives.
SCEA - Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis - The SCEA is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving cost estimating and analysis in government and industry, and enhancing the professional competence and achievements of its members.
SSCAG - Space Systems Cost Analysis Group - The Space Systems Cost Analysis Group (SSCAG) is a non-profit, international association of aerospace organizations representing industry and government.
Membership is open to any industry or government agency that is involved in space systems cost analysis and interested in working toward improving the costing of space systems. Space systems includes hardware or software related to launch systems, spacecraft, payloads, experiments, and space-related ground systems. Industry members may be major primes, subcontractors, vendors, or system engineering/cost analysis firms.
USC Center for Software Engineering - Thirty-six Affiliates help keep USC CSE in touch with technology, applications, and economic trends through participation in their annual workshops and collaborative projects, covering such areas as value-based spiral model extensions, COCOMO cost-schedule-quality estimation model extensions, UML-xADL architecture specification extensions, COTS-based system development, and agile methods.
DACS Gold Practice Initiative
