Patent ID: 8478669

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, using a telecommunication switch modeling application comprising at least one computing device, a plurality of equipment quantities having capacity to satisfy a plurality of switch design parameters descriptive of at least one model telecommunication switch; calculating, using the application, a plurality of model investments associated with said plurality of equipment quantities; weighting, using a telecommunication switch investment modeling application comprising at least one computing device, said plurality of model investments in accordance with at least one of a network parameter descriptive of an actual telecommunication switch under study and a “what-if” input descriptive of a telecommunication switch configuration used by said investment modeling application to adjust, override, supplement, and redact other inputs to said investment modeling application, said weighting to form a plurality of weighted investments comprising said plurality of model investments modified according to said at least one of the actual telecommunication switch and the “what-if” telecommunication switch configuration; and, further comprising weighting said plurality of model investments in accordance with at least one of a second network parameter descriptive of a second actual telecommunication switch and a second “what-if” input descriptive of a second telecommunication switch configuration, without re-determining said plurality of equipment quantities or recalculating said plurality of model investments.