Software Estimation and Measurement

Before Class:
Syllabus
Chapter 1: Introduction (6 pages)

Class:
Introduction
Syllabus
Chapter 1: Introduction (notes, exercises)

Software Estimation Chapter 1: What Is an Estimate? (12 pages)
What Is an Estimate? (2:53)

Due:
Quiz: Introduction, Chapters 1

Before Class:
Chapter 2: What to Measure (8 pages)

Class:
Chapter 2: What to Measure (28:33) (exercises)

Due:
Paper Summary and Discussion of
V.R. Basili, G. Caldiera, and H.D. Rombach. 2002. Goal Question Metric (GQM) Approach. Encyclopedia of Software Engineering. Wiley Online Library, 528-532
or
V.R Basili. 1992. Software Modeling and Measurement: The Goal/Question/Metric Paradigm. University of Maryland, Technical Report, CS-TR-2956, UMIACS-TR-92-96

Before Class:
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Measurement (19 pages)

Class:
Fundamentals of Measurement (1:06:52)

Kaner, C. (2004). Software engineering metrics: What do they measure and how do we know?. In METRICS 2004. IEEE CS.

Due:
Quiz: Chapters 2 & 3

Before Class:
Chapter 4: Measuring the Size of Software (20 pages)
Software Estimation: Chapter 18: Special Issues in Estimating Size (9 pages)

Class:
Measuring Software Size (53:31) (exercises)

Full Function Points: Function Point Extensions for Real-Time Software (10 pages)

Due:
Quiz: Chapter 4

Before Class:
Chapter 5: Measuring Complexity (25 pages)

Class:
Measuring Complexity (1:07:54)

Due:
Quiz: Chapter 5

Before Class:
Sections 6.0-6.2: Estimating Effort (28 pages)

Class:
Estimating Effort - Part I (1:02:28)

A Baseline Model for Software Effort Estimation, (ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, May 2015) (11 pages)

Before Class:
Sections 6.3-6.6: Estimating Effort (7 pages)
Software Estimation: Chapter 19: Special Issues in Estimating Effort (14 pages)

Class:
Estimating Effort - Part II (1:04:46) (exercises)

Decision Support Analysis for Software Effort Estimation by Analogy, International Conference on Software Engineering archive, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Predictor Models in Software Engineering (2007) (10 pages)

Before Class:
Chapter 7: In Praise of Defects: Defects and Defect Metrics (25 pages)

Class:
Defects (29:30) (private: Log in with your CSU credentials to view) (exercises)

Due:
Midterm Project

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Chapter 8: Software Reliability Measurement and Prediction (23 pages)

Software Reliability Measurement and Prediction (8:37)

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Chapter 9: Response Time and Availability (14 pages)

Class:
Response Time and Availability (1:00:26) (exercises)

Evidence Based Scheduling by Joel Spolsky

Due:
Quiz: Chapter 9

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Chapter 10: Measuring Progress (16 pages)

Class:
Measuring Progress (1:00:29)

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Chapter 11: Outsourcing (11 pages)

Class:
Outsourcing (44:49)

Due:
Quality management metrics for software development by Osmundson et. al
Quiz: Chapter 10

Jones, Capers; “Software Estimating Methods for Large Projects”; Crosstalk, April 2005.

Due:
Quiz: Chapter 11

Before Class:
Chapter 12: Financial Measures for the Software Engineer (23 pages)

Class:
Financial Measures for Software Projects (1:09:32)

Due:
Quiz: Chapter 12

Due:
Final Project (10:30 AM EDT)