Costs-Cost drivers such as staff and schedule constraints, specification volatility and the impact of using new versus reused software and development methods and standards can be taken into account.

Quality-Quantify the impact on defect rates of building to deadlines or reducing staff.

Schedules-Obtain an early view of staffing requirements, constraints and demonstrate the impact of changing deadlines, understaffing and staff loading.

Risk-Fine tune risk levels for all the major types of risk: size, requirements, technology, maintenance, systems integration and defects.

Metrics-Evaluate your project against the industry, comparing your development costs, reliability, functions and more.