The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) provides a framework that enables standardized delivery and reuse of content for web-based training courses. In March 2002, the Office of the Secretary of Defense issued the Training Transformation Strategic Plan, which emphasized the need for Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and implementation standards like SCORM. In the next five years the US government will convert hundreds of classroom, correspondence, and computer-based courses to SCORM-conformant courseware. Members of the training community currently use rules of thumb to estimate the cost of creating courseware, but each company prices courseware differently. The courseware development community needs an objectively validated algorithm that can be used to estimate project costs independent of specific company processes.