Software Engineering EconomicsIntroduction: motivation and context; Case study 1: scientific american subscription processing; Case study 2: an urban school attendance system; The goals of software engineering; The software life-cycle: a quantitative models; The software life-cycle: phases and activities; The basic COCOMO model; The basic COCOMO model: development modes; the basic COCOMO model: activity distribution;The intermediate COCOMO model: product level estimates; Intermediate COCOMO: component level estimation; Fundamentals of software engineering economics; COst-effectiveness analysis; Performance models and cost-effectiveness models; Production functions: economies of scale; Choosing among aletrnatives: decision criteria; Multiple-goal decision analysis; Net value and marginal analysis; Present versus future expenditure and income; Figures of merit; Goals as constraints; Systems analysis and constrained optimization; Coping with unreconcilable and unquantifiable goals; Dealing with uncertainties, risk, and the value of information; Coping with uncertainties: risk analysis; Statistical decision theory: the value of information; The art of software cost estimation; Software cost estimation methods and procedures; Seven basic steps in software cost estimation; Alternative software cost estimation methods; The detailed COCOMO model; Detailed COCOMO: summary and operational description; Detailed COCOMO cost drivers: product attributes; Detailed COCOMO cost drivers: computer attributes; Detailed COCOMO cost drivers: personnel attributes; Detailed COCOMO cost drivers: project attributes; Factores not included in COCOMO; COCOMO evaluation; Software cost estimation and life-cycle management; Software maintenance cost estimation; Software life-cycle cost estimation; Software project planning and control; Improving software productivity; Index. |
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MOTIVATION AND CONTEXT | 1 |
An Urban School Attendance | 10 |
A QUANTITATIVE | 29 |
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32 KDSI alternative analysis approach average basic COCOMO model Bridge Chemical capability Chapter CM/QA COCOMO cost drivers Code and unit column complete component constraints cost driver attribute decision decision problem Detailed design development effort development modes development schedule discussed diseconomies of scale distribution of effort DSI/MM EDSI effort and schedule effort equation effort estimate effort multipliers Embedded mode embedded-mode project estimating equations factors figure of merit goals hardware inputs Integration and test interface Intermediate COCOMO man-months MM)NOM months operating system optimal Option Organic mode organic-mode software overall PCAP personnel phase distribution Plans and requirements problem processing processors product design phase production function provides Rayleigh distribution schedule equations Scientific American Semidetached mode software cost estimation software development software engineering economics software life-cycle software maintenance software product subgoals subsystem Table TDEV techniques test plans tion tr/sec transaction unit test validation waterfall model