The WEIGHTING_SYSTEM Worksheet

• Click on the Weighting System button.

The user will be presented with the WEIGHTING_SYSTEM worksheet as shown below:

§ Please enter the detail about the design and intention of the weighting system used for the system functionality, if the allocation base does not include level of effort.

· The actual weights associated with the system functionality will be assigned on the ALL_SYSTEM_USAGE worksheet.

· It is imperative that level of effort is measured or estimated in order to create cost allocation percentages that represent an equitable or “fair share” of benefit to the benefiting programs. Tracking an allocation base like lines of code (LOC) is a size measure and does not indicate level of effort. Therefore, in cases that the allocation base does not measure level of effort, a way to estimate level of effort (i.e., a weighting system) is necessary.

· The example in the screenshot indicates that there was no need to use a weighting system because the selected allocation base, software development hours, already captures level of effort.