Process

COCOMO II updates the 1981 Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO) to address the new ways that software is being developed and managed, including non-sequential process models, applications composition, product line management, distributed development and applications, and rapid application development. Barry Boehm summarizes these trends and shows how COCOMO II and its emerging extensions are addressing them. Learn how COCOMO II can be used for a variety of management decision situations, such as linking tactical project management to strategic productivity and cycle time improvement management via a quantitative metrics-based approach.

The SEI's Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM) considers measurement a key element in the effective management of software development. Two lead assessors provide insight into the measurement requirements embedded throughout the model's key practices at Levels 2 and 3. Examples of mature Level 3 measurement systems and recommendations based on lessons learned will be provided.

This presentation will provide historical background on the limitations of standard economic measurement categories, with suggestions on how to improve measurement for information technology. Explore the limitations of some of the traditional categories used to measure economic progress. Gain insight into why measurement issues are an expected part of economic growth and technological change.

During the past decade, it has become more commonplace to subcontract major portions of large software and systems engineering projects. Due to a lack of a well-defined set of tools or guidelines, this process has generally been ad hoc and inconsistent. Jim Nielsen describes Motorola's efforts to develop a comprehensive set of tools, processes, and measures to use in evaluating and selecting subcontractors and in predicting subcontractor performance and product quality.