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Adam Trendowicz - Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment - 9783642307638 - V9783642307638
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Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment

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Description for Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment Hardback. Developed for its direct applicability to industrial practice, the CoBRA method of cost estimation, benchmarking and risk analysis in software design is a proven antidote to cost overruns and project delays, with several successful case studies included here. Series: The Fraunhofer Iese Series on Software and Systems Engineering. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP; UMZ; UYZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.

Software effort estimation is a key element of software project planning and management. Yet, in industrial practice, the important role of effort estimation is often underestimated and/or misunderstood.

In this book, Adam Trendowicz presents the CoBRA method  (an abbreviation for Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment) for estimating the effort required to successfully complete a software development project, which uniquely combines human judgment and measurement data in order to systematically create a custom-specific effort estimation model. CoBRA goes far beyond simply predicting the development effort; it supports project decision-makers in negotiating the project scope, managing project risks, benchmarking productivity, and directing ... Read more

This book is the result of a successful collaboration between the process management division of Fraunhofer IESE and many software companies in the field of software engineering technology transfer. It mainly addresses software practitioners who deal with planning and managing software development projects as part of their daily work, and is also of interest for students or courses specializing in software engineering or software project management.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Series
The Fraunhofer Iese Series on Software and Systems Engineering
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642307638
SKU
V9783642307638
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Adam Trendowicz
Adam Trendowicz is a senior consultant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) in Kaiserslautern, Germany.  He has led software cost estimation and software measurement improvement activities in software companies of different sizes and from various domains (e.g., in Germany, Japan, and India), and he has been involved in functional software size estimation (Function Points Analysis) and productivity ... Read more

Reviews for Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment
From the reviews: “The scope of the book is the cost estimation, benchmarking, and risk assessment (CoBRA) method, launched in 1998. … The author thoroughly explains the basics and presents real practical cases throughout the book, in a way that any metrics engineer will be able to understand. Readers who finish the book will be able to set up ... Read more

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