DI-MGMT-81739B, DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE RESOURCES DATA REPORTING: INITIAL DEVELOPER REPORT AND DATA (25 MAY 2011)

DI-MGMT-81739B, DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE RESOURCES DATA REPORTING: INITIAL DEVELOPER REPORT AND DATA (25 MAY 2011)., This Data Item Description (DID) contains information about the sample format, content, and intended use for the data deliverable resulting from the task in the statement of work. This data deliverable consists of two parts. The first part, the Initial Developer Report, is used to obtain the estimated characteristics of a software product and its development process. The second part is the Software Resources Data Reporting (SRDR) Data Dictionary, which defines each of the data elements within the Software Resources Data (SRD) report and describes the methods and rules used to perform the data measurement or estimation. Every submission of this SRD report shall contain both the SRDR Initial Developer Report and an associated SRDR Data Dictionary. The SRD report is not a management or software metrics report. It is not intended for tracking progress of the development during contract execution, nor is it intended to collect financial information. It does, however, collect the person-hours expended during software development. The intent of the SRDR process is to collect objective measurable data commonly used by industry and DoD cost analysts. These data are used to compile a repository of estimated and actual software product sizes, schedules, and effort that Government analysts can draw upon to build credible size, cost, and schedule estimates of future software-intensive systems. Information to be acquired through these data will include descriptive information about the product and developer and estimates of: software product size, development schedule, peak staff, and direct labor hours. The contractor must provide an SRDR Data Dictionary that defines the data elements contained in the negotiated SRDR Initial Developer Report. The definitions of the data items are negotiable but must include the following categories of data: Context, Project Description, Size, Effort, and Schedule. The minimum level of detail to be reported in each SRDR submission shall be in accordance with the contract’s Cost and Software Data Reporting (CSDR) Plan, DD Form 2794, as approved by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Deputy Director, Cost Assessment (DDCA). Discrete reporting is required for each Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element identified in Box 13 of the CSDR Plan.