Nicholas and Steyn define life cycle costs to include all costs of a system throughout its full cradle$-$to$-$grave life cycle. Which of the following responses correctly states a valid purpose of life cycle cost analysis?

Group of answer choices

to establish target costs for operating, maintaining, and disposing of the end$-$item system

to develop a time phased budget for the project

to control the cost of systems development

to establish a rough order of magnitude estimate for the project proposal