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Software Engineering Economics

This document outlines a course on software engineering economics that teaches students how to estimate software costs using the COCOMO model. The course covers topics like the software life cycle, different COCOMO models (basic, intermediate, detailed), cost drivers, cost analysis, and decision making under constraints. The goal is for students to learn industry standard practices for software cost estimation. The syllabus lists 12 topics that will be covered over the course, including the basic COCOMO model, development modes, cost effectiveness models, and the detailed COCOMO cost drivers. References include the textbook "Software Engineering Economics" and other books on software cost estimation.

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Software Engineering Economics

This document outlines a course on software engineering economics that teaches students how to estimate software costs using the COCOMO model. The course covers topics like the software life cycle, different COCOMO models (basic, intermediate, detailed), cost drivers, cost analysis, and decision making under constraints. The goal is for students to learn industry standard practices for software cost estimation. The syllabus lists 12 topics that will be covered over the course, including the basic COCOMO model, development modes, cost effectiveness models, and the detailed COCOMO cost drivers. References include the textbook "Software Engineering Economics" and other books on software cost estimation.

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Software Engineering Economics

Course outline - University of


Sargodha
BSComputerScience, CourseOutlines No comments
Course Title: Software Engineering Economics
Course Code: SE-4342
Course Structure: Lectures: 3/Labs: 0
Credit Hours:3
Prerequisites: CMP-3310 (Software Engineering)
Course Objective:
The course is aimed to develop students' software cost estimation skills
using industry
standards.
Course Syllabus:
The Software Life-Cycle.The Waterfall Model.The Software Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS)
Software Maintenance.The Basic COCOMO Model.Development Modes.ModelProduct Level
Estimates.Performance Models & Cost Effectiveness Models.Decision
Criteria.Present vs.
Future Expenditure & Income - Cost Analysis.Goals as Constraints.Coping
with Un-reconcilable
& Un-quantified Goals.Detailed COCOMO. Detailed COCOMO Cost Drivers.
Detailed
COCOMO Cost Drivers-Personal Attributes: ACAP, AEXP, PCAP, VEXP, LEXP.
Detailed
COCOMO Cost Drivers: Project Attributes-Modern Programming Practices, Use
of Software
Tools, Schedule Constraint.
Course Outline:
1. The Software Life-Cycle: The Waterfall Model, Economic Rationale for the WM,
Refinements of the WM, Life-Cycle Phase/Activity, The Software Work
Breakdown
Structure (WBS) Software Maintenance. The Basic COCOMO Model:
Introduction,
Definitions & Assumptions, Development Effort & Schedule, Phase
Distribution, Nominal

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Project Profiles, The Rayleigh Distribution, Interpolation, Basic Software


Maintenance Effort
Estimation [TB: Ch. 4, 5]
Development Modes: Introduction, Basic Effort & Schedule Equations,
COCOMO Modes of
Software Development, COCOMO Effort & Schedule Equations, Phase
Distribution of
Effort & Schedule. Activity Distribution. Limitations of Basic COCOMO [TB: Ch.
6, 7]
Model-Product Level Estimates: Introduction, Software Development Effort
Estimation,
Estimate of Annual Maintenance, Interpolation & Extrapolation, Estimating
the Effects of
Adapting Existing Software, Intermediate COCOMO Effort Equations.
Component Level
Estimation: Introduction, the Component Level Estimating Form (CLEF), Using
CLEF with
Adapted Software. [TB: Ch. 8, 9]
Performance Models & Cost Effectiveness Models: Performance Models,
Optimal
Performance, Sensitivity Analysis, Cost Effectiveness Models. Economies of
Scale: Discrete
Production Functions, Basic Production Functions, Economies & Diseconomies
of Scale,
Diseconomies of Scale on Large Software Projects. [TB: Ch. 10, 11]
Decision Criteria: Minimum Available Budget, Minimum Performance
Requirement,
Maximum Effectiveness-Cost Ratio, Maximum Effectiveness-Cost Difference,
Composite
Options. Net Value & Marginal Analysis. [TB: Ch. 12,13]
Cost Analysis, Interest Calculation, Present Value Calculation, Value of a
Series of Cash
Flows, Present Value Characteristics, Sensitivity to Interest Rate or Discount
Rate,
Applications to SE. Figures of Merit: Software Package Selection, Net Value
Analysis,
Figure of Merit Analysis, A Weighted Sum Analysis for Hardware & Software
Selection.
[TB: Ch. 14, 15]
Goals as Constraints: System Reliability & Availability, Figure of Merit
Evaluation,

Expressing Goals as Constraints, Goals as Constraints: Feasible Sets & Cost


Value Contours,
Decision Problems with Constraints, SE Applications, Mathematical
Optimization
Techniques, Capabilities& Limitation of Mathematical Optimization
Techniques. Systems
Analysis & Constrained Optimization (TB: Ch 16, 17)
8. Coping with Un-reconcilable & Un-quantified Goals: In-House vs. Vendor
Development,
Presentation Methods, Unquantifiable Criteria, Presentation Techniques for
Unquantifiable
Criteria, Presenting & Interpreting Multivariate Data. Coping with
Uncertainties: Decision
Rules for Complete Uncertainty, Subjective Probabilities, Decision Rules
Under Complete
Uncertainty, The Value of Information, Subjective Probabilities, Utility
Functions, SE
Implications. [TB: Ch 18, 19]
9. Detailed COCOMO: Summary & Operational Description: The Software
Hierarchy
Estimating Form & Procedures, Detailed COCOMO Example, Schedule
Adjustment
Calculations. Detailed COCOMO Cost Drivers: Product Attributes -Required
Software
Reliability, Data base Size, Software Product Complexity [TB: Ch. 23, 24]
10. Detailed COCOMO Cost Drivers: Computer Attributes -Execution Time, Main
Storage
Constraint, Virtual Machine Volatility, Computer Turn Around Time [TB: Ch 25]
11. Detailed COCOMO Cost Drivers-Personal Attributes: ACAP, AEXP, PCAP,
VEXP, LEXP.
[TB: Ch. 26]
12. Detailed COCOMO Cost Drivers: Project Attributes-Modern Programming
Practices, Use of
Software Tools, Schedule Constraint [TB: Ch 27]
Reference Material:
Software Engineering Economics by Boehm, Prentice Hall, 1981.ISBN-10:
0138221227.
Reference Books:
Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating by Capers Jones,
McGrawHill Osborne Media; 2nd Edition (April 19, 2007).ISBN-10: 0071483004

Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II by Barry W. Boehm, Chris Abts,


A. Winsor

Brown and Sunita Chulani, Prentice Hall (August 11, 2000). ISBN-10:
0130266922.

Software Cost Estimation and Sizing Methods, Issues, and Guidelines by


Shari Lawrence
Pfleeger, Rand Publishing (September 13, 2005). ISBN-10: 0833037137.

Software Engineering Economics and Declining Budgets by Pamela T.


Geriner, Thomas
R. Gulledge, William P. Hutzler, Springer London, Limited, (31-Jul-2012)

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