Usage

Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package.

Definition

This score is related to the implement ability score – but looks at longer-range factors. Applications differ drastically based on maintainability – and the maintainability of an application significantly affects its total cost of ownership. This is shown in our according to our TCO analysis database; roughly 60% of the TCO of an application is related to its maintenance costs.