Operating Cost Impacts in Project Business Case

Cost transparency involves educating the governance team about the impact of today's investments on tommorrow's operating costs. ...

... "Factoring in costs of collateral impact should also happen at the project management phase as applications are being developed. While an organisation's impact metric might state that a new application for 1000 users will require five help desk people ... " ...

Via Computerworld, NZ: IT cost calculations

Project Estimation Software

Here's a software enabler for project estimation that strives to improve estimates to within five percent. ...

... "SEER for IT replicates real-world scenarios and outcomes by combining sophisticated cost modeling technology with an easy-to-use interface; databases of industry and user inputs, rates and factors; and a parametric estimation engine. Designed to bring best practices to the planning and estimation of IT projects and IT support, it can be configured to an organization's unique environment and offers a consistent and repeatable process that supports both detailed and high-level project estimates and trade-offs. The results can be shared easily throughout the organization. " ...

Via Galorath: SEER for IT Estimation Software