Contents
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATION
How Software Cost-Estimating Tools Work
Cautions About Accidental Omissions from Estimates
Software Cost Estimating and Other Development Activities
Chapter 2. The Origins of Software Cost Estimation
The Early History of Software Cost Estimation
The Expansion and Use of Functional Metrics for Software Cost Estimating
Chapter 3. Six Forms of Software Cost Estimation
Overview of Manual Software-Estimating Methods
Overview of Automated Software-Estimating Methods
Comparison of Manual and Automated Estimates for Large Software Projects
Chapter 4. Software Cost-Estimating Tools and Project Success ...
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