Software Cost Estimation and Metrics (SSW533)

Command software projects by capturing the scope of the work to be accomplished, risks likely to occur, tasks to be performed, resources and effort to be expended, and schedule to be observed. Receive a thorough introduction to such industry-standard software-sizing metrics as Function, Feature and Object Points and their relationship to the lines-of-code metric. Gain a deep understanding of software estimation tools, such as COCOMO II and KnowledgePlan.