• DocumentCode
    1536695
  • Title

    Software sizing

  • Author

    Jones, Capers

  • Author_Institution
    Software Productivity Res., Burlington, MA, USA
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    7/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    165
  • Lastpage
    167
  • Abstract
    Effective project management depends on the ability to estimate the total work content. This is especially difficult for software projects, where the conventional lines-of-code approach has proved notoriously unreliable. In this paper, the author outlines a more effective alternative, now used in every major software cost estimating tool
  • Keywords
    project management; software cost estimation; software development management; lines-of-code approach; project management; software cost estimating tool; software projects; software sizing; total work content;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEE Review
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0953-5683
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ir:19990406
  • Filename
    780975