Techniques, methods, and tools for planning, estimating, and monitoring the cost, budget, or schedule of a software project. Included in this discussion are Function Point and Lines-of-Code cost estimation techniques.
Best Practices (1)
- Best Practices for Cost Estimation and related areas
Case Studies (2)
- Case Studies for Software Cost and Schedule Estimation
Education and Training (15)
- Courses, training products and other resources for learning about cost estimation.
Experts (19)
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- Researchers, educators and experts in cost estimation.
Literature (4)
- A collection of electronic and hardcopy articles, white papers, books, conference proceedings, journals and technical reports on cost estimation.
Programs and Organizations (6)
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- Groups, programs and organizations that focus on cost estimation.
Tools (28)
- Software tools, spreadsheets and utilities that support cost estimation.
Subtopics of Special Interest
Cost Estimating Techniques (2)
- Resources that describe or compare various techniques for performing cost estimates such as parametric modeling, analogy estimating, and expert judgment
Earned Value (9)
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- Earned Value is a management technique used extensively in the management of Software Intensive Systems that relates resource planning to schedules and to technical cost and schedule requirements. All work is planned, budgeted, and scheduled in time-phased increments constituting a cost and schedule measurement baseline. See the DACS Gold Practice "http://www.goldpractices.com/practices/tev/index.php" Track Earned Value.
Software Size Estimation and Measurement (3)
- This category includes tools and methods for estimating and measuring software size, including function points, lines of code, and object points. Because of the large amount of resources for function points, they compose a separate topic area within software size estimation and measurement. The other topic area, Software Sizing - General, contains information not unique to function points and either addresses other sizing methods, such as lines of code or object points, or general information about multiple sizing methods including function points.
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