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Subject: Re: COCOMO
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Date: 26 Oct 90 14:31:57 GMT
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In article <145@cvrc.med.upenn.edu>, samir@cvrc.med.upenn.edu (No good deed goes unpunished) writes:
> I am currently reading the sections on the COCOMO (COnstructive COst MOdel)
> model in Barry Boehm's "Software Engineering Economics". Can you suggest any
> other text that discusses this model? What other software cost models are
> popular? I am particularly interested in a discussion on the relative pros and
> cons of various cost models. 

There's a brief discussion of various models in "Software Metrics" by
Robert Grady and Deborah Caswell, pub. Prentice Hall, 1987.  The book
describes the authors' experiences in setting up a metrics program for
Hewlett Packard, and has some excellent practical advice, not to mention an
excellent bibliography.


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