Measures for Excellence: Reliable Software on Time, Within Budget - Softcover

Lawrence H. Putnam; Ware Myers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135676940 ISBN 13: 9780135676943

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1991

Synopsis

This book helps you accurately measure the completion time frames for small-to-medium software development projects, with practical techniques for performing software estimates, productivity measurements and quality forecasts. It forms a common underlying methodology, helping you plan the project, create a budget, and set schedules and quality standards. Throughout, the handbook answers the management questions you've always been asking yourself about software projects, including: How long is it going to take? ... How much will it cost? ... How many people will I need? ... What is my risk on meeting the budget? ... What is my risk on meeting the schedule? Appropriate for software engineers, developers, and managers.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This volume explores the ideas that underlie the software life cycle, methods for estimating the size of a proposed project, and ways to apply the techniques to estimating "management numbers" -- i.e., effort, development time and number of errors.

From the Back Cover:

Effectively managing the process of building software-developing it correctly, on time, and at a specified cost. Now, authors Lawrence H. Putnam and Ware Myers offer readers an extensively researched, systematic look at the basis for the life-cycle method.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0135676940
• ISBN 13: 9780135676943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400