Galorath Corp

Introduction

The Seer-ROI is a powerful tool that can be used for estimating the software development process. The tool can estimate all parts of the process such as labor, stuffing or maintenance cost. Nowadays, running a project without making ROI analyse on it is very risky for companies because of the rapidly changed economical situation of the world.

Behind the idea of using ROI software is increasing the cost/benefit efficiency. Since the common purpose of the corporates is lowering the cost and increasing the benefit of the project, ROI software is on of the most important tools that should be used before spending money and time on it. The company can lead the project according to the resulting analysis, including histograms, pie charts and gain-loss graph with the related data. A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. To calculate ROI, the benefit (return) of an investment is divided by the cost of the investment; the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio.

The return on investment formula:

In the above formula "gains from investment", refers to the proceeds obtained from selling the investment of interest. Return on investment is a very popular metric because of its versatility and simplicity. That is, if an investment does not have a positive ROI, or if there are other opportunities with a higher ROI, then the investment should be not be undertaken.

Overview Of the Project and Functions of the Application

Capability 1: Load a Project

Description: The users shall be able to open a project in cost/benefit tab that is already created, or support a project externally which has an appropriate format

Priority: M

Input(s): Files which have an appropriate format (which are previously created and saved)

Source(s): Supplied by user

Output(s): The previously created items with input values

Destination(s): In the “Menu Bar”, as a sub-option for “File”

Precondition(s): A project file must be created and saved before

Postcondition(s): User will be able to see all items; cost, benefit, item values and the whole analysis of the related (opened) project

Capability Requirement 2: Adding Items

Description: The users shall be able to enter any number of items and their cost/benefit values by clicking “add item” button. When the user enters a value to “Likely” field, the other attributes will be filled automatically (all attributes except time range, will be editable), user can modify the values after adding items

Priority: M

Input(s): Names of Items, cost & benefit values (most, likely, least)

Source(s): Supplied by user

Output(s): A pop-up window for each created items to enter the cost and benefit values for that related item

Destination(s): Main (or specific) frame

Precondition(s): Items must have logical cost and benefit values

Postcondition(s): Access to view the item values