January
M Tuesday W Thursday F
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Deadline for full refund
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Software Estimation Chapter 1: What Is an Estimate? (12 pages)
What Is an Estimate? (2:53)

Due:
Quiz: Introduction, Chapters 1
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February
M Tuesday W Thursday F
Before Class:
Chapter 2: What to Measure (8 pages)

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



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

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

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

Class:
Measuring Complexity (1:07:54)
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Due:
Quiz: Chapter 5
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March
M Tuesday W Thursday F
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)

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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)
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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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Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Before Class:
Chapter 8: Software Reliability Measurement and Prediction (23 pages)

Software Reliability Measurement and Prediction (8:37)
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April
M Tuesday W Thursday F



Before Class:
Chapter 9: Response Time and Availability (14 pages)

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


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Before Class:
Chapter 10: Measuring Progress (16 pages)

Class:
Measuring Progress (1:00:29)
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Before Class:
Chapter 11: Outsourcing (11 pages)

Class:
Outsourcing (44:49)

Due:
Quality management metrics for software development by Osmundson et. al
Quiz: Chapter 10
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Jones, Capers; “Software Estimating Methods for Large Projects”; Crosstalk, April 2005.

Due:
Quiz: Chapter 11
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Before Class:
Chapter 12: Financial Measures for the Software Engineer (23 pages)

Class:
Financial Measures for Software Projects (1:09:32)
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May
M Tuesday W Thursday F
Due:
Quiz: Chapter 12





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Due:
Final Project (10:30 AM EDT)
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