Title :
A modeling approach to software cost estimation
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Naperville, IL, USA
fDate :
2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author describes a novel software estimation modeling process as well as the important productivity factors and the productivity measurement metrics used in the 5ESS project, one of the largest telecommunication projects at AT&T Bell Laboratories. The 5ESS switch is a modern digital electronic switching system with a distributed hardware and software architecture. The model estimation approach has greatly improved the quality of estimates. The study of productivity factors has resulted in some significant productivity and quality improvement processes in the 5ESS development community
Keywords :
digital communication systems; economics; electronic switching systems; software engineering; 5ESS project; 5ESS switch; AT&T Bell Laboratories; digital electronic switching system; distributed hardware architecture; distributed software architecture; productivity factors; productivity measurement metrics; software cost estimation; software estimation modeling; software productivity; telecommunication projects; Art; Costs; Databases; Life estimation; Lifetime estimation; Productivity; Programming; Software measurement; Software quality; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
