Software Project Effort Estimation: Foundations and Best Practice Guidelines for Success

PART I Foundations.- Challenges of Predictable Software Development.- Principles of Effort and Cost Estimation.- Common Factors Influencing Software Project Effort.- Estimation under Uncertainty.- Basic Estimation Strategies.- PART II Selecting An Appropriate Estimation Method.- Classification of Effort Estimation Methods.- Finding the Most Suitable Estimation Method.- PART III Popular Effort Estimation Methods.- Statistical Regression Analysis.- Constructive Cost Model - COCOMO.- Classification and Regression Trees.- Case-Based Reasoning.- Wideband Delphi.- Planning Poker.- Bayesian Belief Networks - BBN.- CoBRA.- PART IV Establishing Sustainable Effort Estimation.- Continuously Improving Effort Estimation.- Effort Estimation Best Practices.- Appendix.