Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating (PROGRAMMING & WEB DEV - OMG) - Hardcover

Jones, Capers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071483004 ISBN 13: 9780071483001

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

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Deliver bug-free software projects on schedule and within budget

Get a clear, complete understanding of how to estimate software costs, schedules, and quality using the real-world information contained in this comprehensive volume. Find out how to choose the correct hardware and software tools, develop an appraisal strategy, deploy tests and prototypes, and produce accurate software cost estimates. Plus, you'll get full coverage of cutting-edge estimating approaches using Java, object-oriented methods, and reusable components.

• Plan for and execute project-, phase-, and activity-level cost estimations
• Estimate regression, component, integration, and stress tests
• Compensate for inaccuracies in data collection, calculation, and analysis
• Assess software deliverables and data complexity
• Test design principles and operational characteristics using software prototyping
• Handle configuration change, research, quality control, and documentation costs 

"Capers Jones' work offers a unique contribution to the understanding of the economics of software production. It provides deep insights into why our advances in computing are not matched with corresponding improvements in the software that drives it. This book is absolutely required reading for an understanding of the limitations of our technological advances." --Paul A. Strassmann, former CIO of Xerox, the Department of Defense, and NASA

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Deliver bug-free software projects on schedule and within budget

Get a clear, complete understanding of how to estimate software costs,
schedules, and quality using the real-world information contained in this
comprehensive volume. Find out how to choose the correct hardware and
software tools, develop an appraisal strategy, deploy tests and prototypes,
and produce accurate software cost estimates. Plus, you'll get full
coverage of cutting-edge estimating approaches using Java, object-oriented
methods, and reusable components.

Plan for and execute project-, phase-, and activity-level cost estimations
Estimate regression, component, integration, and stress tests
Compensate for inaccuracies in data collection, calculation, and analysis
Assess software deliverables and data complexity
Test design principles and operational characteristics using software
prototyping
Handle configuration change, research, quality control, and documentation
costs
"Capers Jones' work offers a unique contribution to the understanding of
the economics of software production. It provides deep insights into why
our advances in computing are not matched with corresponding improvements
in the software that drives it. This book is absolutely required reading
for an understanding of the limitations of our technological advances."
--Paul A. Strassmann, former CIO of Xerox, the Department of Defense, and
NASA

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071483004
• ISBN 13: 9780071483001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 672