Software cost estimation, benchmarking, and risk assessment [electronic resource] : the software decision-makers' guide to predictable software development / Adam Trendowicz.

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, Be...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Trendowicz, Adam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013.
Series:Fraunhofer IESE series on software and systems engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • Predictable Software Development
  • Why Software Effort Estimation?
  • What Is a Good Estimate?
  • Get Access
  • Why the CoBRA Method?
  • The CoBRA Method
  • Principles of the CoBRA Method
  • Model Development and Validation
  • Model Application
  • Usage Scenarios of a CoBRA Model
  • Industrial Applications
  • Software Design and Management, Germany
  • Allette Systems, Australia
  • Oki Electric, Japan
  • Siemens Information Systems, India
  • Japan Manned Space Systems, Japan.