Practical Software Project Estimation: A Toolkit for Estimating Software Development Effort & Duration (Hardcover)

Chapter 1. Project Estimation: Background, Concepts, and Approaches; Chapter 2. Factors That Influence Productivity; Chapter 3. Software Estimates: How Accurate Are They; Chapter 4. Sizing Software and Size-Approximation Accuracy; Chapter 5. Some Practical Software Size Approximation Techniques; Chapter 6. The Problem of Missing Functionality; Chapter 7. Estimating Using Equations; Chapter 8. Estimating Using Comparisons; Chapter 9. Estimating Using Analogy; Chapter 10. Estimating Using Work Breakdown Structure; Chapter 11. How Do I Estimate a Project Comprising Varying Components; Chapter 12. Using Project History Databases; Chapter 13. Project Estimation Using the ISBSG Database; Chapter 14. Estimating for Agile Software Development; Chapter 15. A Guide to Estimating Project Cost Using ISBSG Data; Chapter 16. Creating a Software Project Estimation Framework Using the ISBSG Repository; Chapter 17. Functional Size Measurement Methods in Use Today; Chapter 18. A Brief Tutorial on Functional Size Measurement (FSM); Chapter 19. An IFPUG Function Point Case Study; Chapter 20. The COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Method; Chapter 21. A COSMIC Function Point Case Study; Chapter 22. A FiSMA Function Point Case Study; Appendix A. What Is in the ISBSG Repository; Appendix B. Project Delivery Rates by Category; Appendix C. Estimation Equations; Appendix D. Project Sample Demographics Used in Chapter 3; Appendix E. The Benefits of Submitting Projects to the ISBSG Repository; Appendix F. ISBSG Member Organizations; Glossary; References; Index