Entering Rayleigh Attributes

You may enter the productivity, schedule, and project size information for your project as follows:

 Select Rayleighfrom theMenu Bar. TheRayleigh Menuwill be displayed.

 Select Attributes. TheAttributes Dialog Box will be displayed.

 Enter the application type to select the productivity values (if application type selected is "user specified system", select and enter the productivity index (PI) or the productivity measure (PM)). Also enter thetime to develop (TDEV), the Main Build Phase percent of TDEV, and estimated source lines of code (SLOC). Note that default selections appear initially.

 When you have finished, select OK. TheRayleigh Summary Information Windowwill be displayed with the updated information.

Initializing Your Rayleigh Model

Note: If you initialize the Model, any data previously entered will be overwritten

You may initialize your Rayleigh Model to default values by following these steps:  Select Rayleighfrom theMenu Bar. TheRayleigh Menu will be displayed.  Select Initialize. TheRayleigh Initialization Message Box will be displayed.  Confirm the operation by selecting Yes. TheRayleigh Summary Information Windowwill be displayed with the default information.

Saving a Model

When you open a Model, COSMOS copies that Model from the disk for display on your screen. Changes you make to the Model are stored temporarily in your computer's memory. To keep the changes permanently you must save the Model on a disk.

To save the current Model for the first time or to save the Model under a different directory, disk and/or file name, follow these instructions:

 From the File Menu, selectSaveAs. TheSave As Dialog Boxwill be displayed. If you are saving the Model for the first time selectingSave will work the same way.

 To save the Model to the current drive and in the current directory, type a file nameand optionalextensionfor the Model in the File Name box.

 To save the Model to a different drive and/or directory, select the drive and/or directory ortype the completelocation,file name, and optionalextensionin the File Name text box.

 Select the Savebutton.

To save a Model using its current name, disk, and directory:

 From the FileMenu, selectSave.

Closing a Model

If you have completed work on the current Model you may close the Model and optionally save all changes you have made to the Model as follows:

 From the File Menu selectClose.

 If you have made changes to the Model since it was last saved the Close Message Box will be displayed. SelectYesto close the Model and save all changes or selectNoto close the Model without your latest changes. If you have never saved this Model before, the save will be treated as a Save As. You may also selectCancelto abort the close operation.

Exiting cosmos

You may end your COSMOS session as follows:

 From the File MenuselectExit.

 If you have made changes to any open Model since it was last saved the Close Message Boxwill be displayed. SelectYesto close the Model(s), save all changes, and exit or selectNoto close the Model(s), and exit without saving your latest changes. If you have open Models which have never been saved before, the save of these Models will be treated as a Save As. You may also selectCancelto abort the exit operation.