Software Project Cost and Schedule Estimating

, by Roetzheim, William H.; Beasley, Reyna A.

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ISBN: 9780136820895 | 0136820891
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Copyright: 11/1/1997

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LIST OF FIGURES

xiii

(3)

LIST OF TABLES

xvi

(1)

PREFACE

xvii

(1)

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

xviii

CHAPTER 1 SOFTWARE PROJECT COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATING

(4)

WHY BOTHER ESTIMATING

(1)

THE ESTIMATING LIFE CYCLE

(3)

CHAPTER 2 ESTIMATING PROGRAM VALUE

(24)

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS UNDERLYING METRIC-BASED APPROACHES

(11)

Estimating Lines-of-Code

(5)

Defining Modules

(1)

Installing Cost Xpert on Your Machine

(2)

Closing Applications Before Installing

(1)

CD-ROM Contents

(1)

Checking the Readme File

(1)

What the Installation Program Does

(1)

Customizing the Installation

(1)

Completing the Installation

(1)

Loading the Sample Project

(2)

Entering Estimates for Lines-of-Code

(2)

Viewing the Initial Results

(1)

Estimating Function Points

(2)

Estimating GUI Metrics

(1)

Estimating Object Metrics

(2)

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS UNDERLYING HEURISTIC APPROACHES

(5)

Bottom Up

(1)

Top Down

(2)

The Delphi Technique

(2)

DEALING WITH CODE REUSE

(3)

Calculating the Equivalent Volume

(2)

Reuse in an Object-Oriented Environment

(1)

CORRELATING THE RESULTS

(4)

CHAPTER 3 DEFINING YOUR PROJECT

(20)

PROJECT IDENTIFICATION DATA

(3)

SELECTING A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LANGUAGE

(1)

SELECTING A COEFFICIENT

(2)

SELECTING A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD

(10)

Commercial

(2)

DOD-STD-2167A

(1)

IEEE

(2)

MIL-STD-498

(2)

Defining Your Own Software-Development Standards

(2)

SELECTING A PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

(1)

Defining Your Own Project Life Cycle

(1)

Defining Document Relationships

(1)

SELECTING A PROJECT TYPE

(2)

ENTERING OTHER PROJECT FACTORS

(2)

CHAPTER 4 ADJUSTING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

(10)

VALUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS

(3)

General Approach to Adjusting for the Environment

(1)

Additional Uses of the Information

(1)

TEAM EXPERIENCE ADJUSTMENTS

(2)

Analyst Capability

(1)

Project Application Experience

(1)

Language Experience

(1)

Programming Team Capability

(1)

Virtual Machine Experience

(1)

PROJECT VOLATILITY ADJUSTMENTS

(1)

Requirement Volatility

(1)

Virtual Machine Volatility

(1)

PROJECT CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENTS

(2)

Computer Turnaround Time

(1)

Data/base Size

(1)

Execution Time Constraints

(1)

Main Storage Constraints

(1)

Software Product Complexity

(1)

Required Software Reliability

(1)

MANAGEMENT POLICY ADJUSTMENTS

(2)

Modern Programming Practices

(1)

Required Reusability

(1)

Classified Application

(1)

Software Tools

(1)

CHAPTER 5 TIME SENSITIVE COST MODELING

(8)

OPTIMAL PROJECT STAFFING CURVES

(2)

THE TIME/COST TRADE-OFF

(1)

AVOIDING THE IMPOSSIBLE REGION

(1)

ALTERNATE STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATING DELIVERY

(2)

Reduce Functionality

(1)

Decouple Tasks

(1)

Use Redundant Parallel Development

(1)

Increase Reuse

(1)

OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST

(3)

Requirements Analysis Time

(1)

Beta Testing Time

(1)

Task Overlap

(1)

Review Time

(1)

Minimum Review Time

(2)

CHAPTER 6 RISK AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

(4)

ADJUSTING THE CUSHION

(1)

ADJUSTING RISK TOLERANCE

(1)

LIKELY RISK FACTORS

(1)

PERFORMING A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

(2)

FEEDING DATA TO RISK XPERT

(1)

CHAPTER 7 ADDITIONAL COST XPERT OUTPUTS

(8)

COST ALLOCATIONS AND TASK LISTS

(1)

LABOR LOADING BY PHASE AND CATEGORY

(1)

MAINTENANCE AND LIFE-CYCLE COSTS

(3)

Software Maintenance Estimates

(1)

Software Defect Estimates

(2)

Support Calls

(1)

DELIVERABLE ESTIMATES

(3)

CHAPTER 8 GATHERING METRICS, TAILORING COEFFICIENTS

(6)

TAILORING COST XPERT CURVES

(3)

Modifying Alpha

(1)

Modifying Beta

(2)

GATHERING METRICS

(1)

TAILORING THE COEFFICIENTS

(3)

CHAPTER 9 REDUCING COSTS

(10)

COST REDUCTION, THE BIG PICTURE

(1)

FOUR BASIC COST REDUCTION STRATEGIES

(1)

SOME SILVER BULLETS

(3)

Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools

(2)

Fourth Generation Languages

(1)

Object-Oriented Development

(1)

Shackles and Whips

(1)

ADJUSTING CURVE COEFFICIENTS IN MORE DETAIL

(1)

OPTIMIZING THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

(2)

OPTIMIZING THE MENTAL ENVIRONMENT

(1)

OPTIMIZING THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH ENVIRONMENT

(1)

TRACKING COSTS

(2)

APPENDIX A QUICK START GUIDE

(6)

STARTING COST XPERT

(1)

COST XPERT MAIN WINDOW

(1)

Title Bar

(1)

Menu Bar

(1)

Status Bar

(1)

APPLICATION SCREEN FEATURES

(4)

Tabs

(1)

Sub-Tabs

(1)

Grids

(1)

Scroll Bars

(1)

Drop-Down Menus

(1)

Radio Buttons

(1)

Buttons

(2)

APPENDIX B MENU CHOICES

101

(16)

FILE MENU

101

(4)

File/Change Data Directory

101

(1)

File/Change Temp Directory

101

(1)

File/Export to Microsoft Project

101

(3)

Opening a File in Microsoft Project

104

(1)

Importing to Microsoft Project

104

(1)

REPORTS MENU

105

(1)

MAINTAIN MENU

105

(2)

MAINTAIN/COEFFICIENTS

107

(6)

Maintain/Project Life cycles

108

(1)

Maintain/Project Types, Likely Risks Sub-Tab

108

(1)

Maintain/Project Types, Likely Defects Sub-Tab

109

(1)

Maintain/Project Types, Likely Support Calls Sub-Tab

109

(2)

Maintain/Standards

111

(1)

Maintain/Activity-Document Relationships

112

(1)

Maintain/Programming Languages

112

(1)

Maintain/Test Data Integrity

112

(1)

HELP MENU

113

(4)

Help/Contacting Marotz

113

(1)

Help/About

113

(4)

APPENDIX C SCREEN REFERENCE

117

(36)

PROJECT TAB

117

(6)

Company Sub-Tab

118

(1)

Purpose

118

(1)

Context

118

(1)

Content and Use

119

(1)

Estimator Sub-Tab

119

(1)

Purpose

119

(1)

Context

120

(1)

Content and Use

120

(1)

Methods Sub-Tab

120

(2)

Purpose

121

(1)

Context

121

(1)

Content and Use

121

(1)

Financial Sub-Tab

122

(1)

Purpose

122

(1)

Context

123

(1)

Content and Use

123

(1)

VOLUME TAB

123

(14)

SLOC Sub-Tab, New Type

123

(2)

Purpose

123

(1)

Context

124

(1)

Content and Use

124

(1)

SLOC Sub-Tab, Reused Type

125

(1)

Purpose

125

(1)

Context

126

(1)

Content and Use

126

(1)

Function Points Sub-Tab, New Type

126

(1)

Purpose

127

(1)

Context

127

(1)

Content and Use

127

(1)

Function Points Sub-Tab, Reused Type

127

(1)

Purpose

127

(1)

Context

127

(1)

Content and Use

128

(1)

GUI Metrics Sub-Tab, New Type

128

(2)

Purpose

129

(1)

Context

129

(1)

Content and Use

129

(1)

GUI Metrics Sub-Tab, Reused Type

130

(1)

Purpose

130

(1)

Context

131

(1)

Content and Use

131

(1)

Object Metrics Sub-Tab, New Type

131

(1)

Purpose

131

(1)

Context

131

(1)

Content and Use

131

(1)

Object Metrics Sub-Tab, Reused Type

132

(1)

Purpose

132

(1)

Context

132

(1)

Content and Use

133

(1)

Bottom Up Sub-Tab, New Type

133

(2)

Purpose

134

(1)

Context

134

(1)

Content and Use

134

(1)

Bottom Up Sub-Tab, Existing Type

135

(1)

Purpose

135

(1)

Context

135

(1)

Content and Use

135

(1)

Top Down Sub-Tab

136

(1)

Purpose

136

(1)

Context

136

(1)

Content and Use

137

(1)

ENVIRONMENT TAB

137

(6)

Experience Sub-Tab

138

(1)

Purpose

138

(1)

Context

138

(1)

Content and Use

139

(1)

Volatility Sub-Tab

139

(1)

Purpose

139

(1)

Context

139

(1)

Content and Use

139

(1)

Project Sub-Tab

140

(1)

Purpose

140

(1)

Context

141

(1)

Content and Use

141

(1)

Policy Sub-Tab

141

(2)

Purpose

142

(1)

Context

142

(1)

Content and Use

142

(1)

CONSTRAINTS TAB

143

(1)

Purpose

143

(1)

Context

144

(1)

Content and Use

144

(1)

RESULTS TAB

144

(9)

Correlation Sub-Tab

144

(2)

Purpose

144

(1)

Context

145

(1)

Content and Use

145

(1)

Tasks Sub-Tab

146

(1)

Purpose

147

(1)

Context

147

(1)

Content and Use

147

(1)

Risk Sub-Tab

147

(2)

Purpose

147

(1)

Context

147

(1)

Content and Use

148

(1)

Labor Sub-Tab

149

(1)

Purpose

149

(1)

Context

150

(1)

Content and Use

150

(1)

Maintenance Sub-Tab

150

(1)

Purpose

150

(1)

Context

150

(1)

Content and Use

150

(1)

Deliverables Sub-Tab

151

(2)

Purpose

151

(1)

Context

152

(1)

Content and Use

152

(1)

APPENDIX D REPORTS

153

(12)

CORRELATION

153

(1)

TASKS

154

(1)

RISK

155

(1)

LABOR

156

(1)

MAINTENANCE

157

(2)

DELIVERABLES

159

(1)

INPUT DATA

159

(5)

Input Data, General Data

160

(1)

Input Data, SLOC Data

160

(1)

Input Data, Function Points Data

161

(1)

Input Data, GUI Metric Data

162

(1)

Input Data, Object Metrics Data

162

(1)

Input Data, Bottom Up Data

163

(1)

Input Data, Top Down Data

163

(1)

ALL

164

(1)

AD HOC

164

(1)

APPENDIX E RISK XPERT

165

(2)

APPENDIX F HYPERTEXT STANDARDS ON-LINE

167

(2)

APPENDIX G STRATEGY XPERT

169

(2)

APPENDIX H GLOSSARY TERMS

171

(5)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

176

(3)

INDEX

179

(6)

ABOUT THE SOFTWARE

185

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Software Project Cost and Schedule Estimating

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