profitability. Some instances of "TCO" appear to refer to "total cost of operation", but this may be a subset of the total cost of ownership if it excludes maintenance and support costs. See also Benefits Realisation Management Infrastructure Asset management Life Cycle Thinking Design life Durability Maintainability Planned obsolescence Repairability Product life Source reduction Throwaway society References Further reading Riggs, James L., (1982), Engineering economics. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2nd edition, 1982. Norris, G. A. (2001): Integrating Life Cycle Cost Analysis and LCA, in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Jg. 6, H. 2, p. 118–120. Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R. (2000): Contemporary Environmental Accounting. Issues, Concepts and Practice. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publ. Kicherer, A.; Schaltegger, S.; Tschochohei, H. & Ferreira Pozo, B.: Eco-Efficiency. Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costs via Normalization, International Journal of LCA, 2007, Vol 12, No 7, 537–543. External links Whole-life cost forum Whole-life costing for sustainable drainage article: "What is whole life cost analysis?" Role of depreciation Cost Structure and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) for Military Systems – Papers presented at the RTO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS) Symposium held in Paris, France, 24–25 October 2001 Brand management Costs Infrastructure investment Product management