Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development /

• Main Author: Trendowicz, Adam (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: The Fraunhofer IESE Series on Software and Systems Engineering,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Project management.; Software engineering.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Project Management.

Software effort estimation is a key element of software project planning and management. Yet, in industrial practice, the important role of effort estimation is often underestimated and/or misunderstood. In this book, Adam Trendowicz presents the CoBRA method  (an abbreviation for Cost Estimation, B...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Predictable Software Development.-Why Software Effort Estimation?
• What is a Good Estimate?
• Why the CoBRA Method?
• Part II The CoBRA Method
• Principles of the CoBRA Method
• Model Development and Validation
• Model Application
• Usage Scenarios of a CoBRA Model
• Part III Industrial Applications
• Software design & management, Germany
• Allette Systems, Australia
• Oki Electric, Japan
• Siemens Information Systems, India
• Japan Manned Space Systems, Japan
• Bibliography.