A second look at Faster, Better, Cheaper

“Faster, Better, Cheaper” (FBC) was a systems development methodology used by NASA in the 1990s. While usually a deprecated practice, we find that, with certain caveats, it is a viable approach. To determine this we utilized a stochastic AI tool to determine the behavior of FBC for several case studies. In these case studies we compare results of using FBC with that of other optimization policies. In our tests, FBC is as advantageous a policy to use with projects as other policies, while avoiding their apparent downfalls. Keywords Software engineering · Predictor models · COCOMO · Faster Better Cheaper · Simulated annealing · Software processes

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: ISSE
• Authors: Oussama El-Rawas, Tim Menzies
• Keywords: Certain Caveats, ISSE 2010, Security Privacy, Stochastic Ai Tool, Systems Development Methodology