TY - BOOK ID - 14307783 TI - Software Cost Estimation, Benchmarking, and Risk Assessment : The Software Decision-Makers' Guide to Predictable Software Development PY - 2013 SN - 3642433650 3642307639 129919754X 3642307647 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Information Technology KW - Software Engineering KW - Computer software -- Development -- Management. KW - Computer software -- Development. KW - Reliability (Engineering) -- Congresses. KW - Computer software KW - Software engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Computer Science KW - Development KW - Management KW - Management. KW - Computer science. KW - Project management. KW - Software engineering. KW - Management information systems. KW - Computer Science. KW - Software Engineering. KW - Management of Computing and Information Systems. KW - Project Management. KW - Information Systems. KW - Industrial project management KW - Computer software engineering KW - Engineering KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Computer-based information systems KW - EIS (Information systems) KW - Executive information systems KW - MIS (Information systems) KW - Sociotechnical systems KW - Information resources management KW - Communication systems UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14307783 AB - 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 improvement activities. To illustrate the method’s practical use, the book reports several real-world cases where CoBRA was applied in various industrial contexts. These cases represent different estimation contexts in terms of software project environment, estimation objectives, and estimation constraints. 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. ER -