Thursday, December 27, 2007

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art


Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art

Publisher: Microsoft

Date: 2006

Pages: 338

Description:

Providing a proven set of procedures and heuristics that software developers, technical leads, and project managers can apply to their projects, this guide will help organizations achieve basic estimation proficiency.

Unlike other books that focus exclusively on the science of estimation—including rigid modeling techniques and continuous feedback loops that are not cost effective to most organizations—this unique guide offers practical, tested, hands-on advice for estimating software development costs in the real world. It is written by the award-winning author of Code Complete.

Key Book Benefits:

- Delivers practical insights about a critical subject too-often obscured by academic jargon

- Two-color graphics present mathematical information in an easy-to-understand format

- Provides specific practices that can be used immediately by any software development organization

- Features numerous, to-the-point tips about the estimation process, as well as individual steps to creating successful estimates

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