Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II

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Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II
by Barry W. Boehm, Chris Abts, A. Winsor Brown, Sunita Chulani, Bradford K. Clark, Ellis Horowitz, Ray Madachy, Donald J. Reifer, Bert Steece
from Prentice Hall PTR

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A must Read for CSCI 577a
  If you not in Dr. Boehm's class at USC, then more than likely your a project manager for a software engineering firm trying to better estimate how much your next project is going to cost.
  Either way the book is dry, but the informaiton is great. Its given me insight to CMM and other Software Engineering models.
  The COCOMO tool has merit, so does CSCI 577a.

• Process Estimation
  COCOMO represents a unique and applicable methodology for process estimates. A goal-driven approach with realistic progress indicators to conducting software estimates represent the way processes must be managed.
  The continuity between COCOMOI and COCOMOII is far from being evident. My prime interest is the indentification of the impacts of the Economic Adjustment Factors (EAF) on the economic evolution of a project. An attempt is made to complement COCOMOII with additional tools. There is however an... more info

• Superb resource + tool
  I was first introduced to the precursor of CoCoMo II when I ftp'd a whitepaper on estimating from the old decwrl site maintained by DEC in the mid 1980s. That led me to Boehm's seminal book, "Software Engineering Economics", ISBN 0138221227. Over time CoCoMo started to show its age, especially in environments with heavy GUI development, so I opted for function points as my sole estimating technique. With experience I discovered that technique alone was useful for estimating scale, but was weak on sizing... more info

• A stalwart of software engineering modeling
  The latest revision of the well known COCOMO constructive cost model is calibrated with a Bayesian approach that balances 161 industry reference points with the determination of software development experts. Software engineers use the COCOMO model to make financial decisions, set project budgets and schedules, negotiate tradeoffs, plan to maintain or upgrade legacy products, and decide where to implement process improvement. The model equations are provided including normative calibration using 5 scale... more info

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