Systems and methods for modeling telecommunication switch investments

A system comprising:

• a telecommunication switch modeling application configured to
• determine a plurality of equipment quantities having capacity to satisfy a plurality of switch design parameters descriptive of at least one model telecommunication switch, said at least one model telecommunication switch being representative of at least one actual telecommunication switch,
• calculate a plurality of model investments associated with said plurality of equipment quantities, and
• make at least one of said plurality of equipment quantities and said plurality of investments available to a user at a hardware component level.

A method comprising:

• determining, using a 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 the application, said plurality of model investments in accordance with a plurality of network parameters descriptive of an actual telecommunication switch under study, said weighting to form a plurality of weighted investments comprising said plurality of model investments modified according to said actual telecommunication switch parameters;
• and
• weighting, using the application, said plurality of model investments in accordance with a plurality of “what-if” inputs descriptive of a hypothetical telecommunication switch configuration, without re-determining said plurality of equipment quantities or recalculating said plurality of model investments.