A generally applicable lightweight method for calculating a value structure for tools and services in bioinformatics infrastructure projects.

ABSTRACT: Sustainable noncommercial bioinformatics infrastructures are a prerequisite to use and take advantage of the potential of big data analysis for research and economy. Consequently, funders, universities and institutes as well as users ask for a transparent value model for the tools and services offered. In this article, a generally applicable lightweight method is described by which bioinformatics infrastructure projects can estimate the value of tools and services offered without determining exactly the total costs of ownership. Five representative scenarios for value estimation from a rough estimation to a detailed breakdown of costs are presented. To account for the diversity in bioinformatics applications and services, the notion of service-specific 'service provision units' is introduc

SUBMITTER: Mayer G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6781588 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature