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Baseline assumptions

Lines of COBOL 800B

Developers available (global) 100K

AI productivity multiplier 5×

Traditional SDLC — Input

Lines per dev per day 150

Traditional SDLC — Total elapsed calendar time (with AI)

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Traditional SDLC

Scenarios

Conservative

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Pessimistic

Base case

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Most likely

Optimistic

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Best-case

MO Process — Input

Lines per dev per day 1,200

MO Process — Total elapsed calendar time (with AI)

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MO Process

Scenarios

Conservative

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Pessimistic

Base case

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Most likely

Optimistic

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Best-case