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SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
SOFTWARE RESOURCE MODELING AND COST ESTIMATION
July 16 - July 20
This five day intensive lecture series will feature some of the top
experts in the field of software cost estimation and resource use
modeling. The course will introduce participants to the fundamental
issues of resource modeling, illustrating the ideas with case studies
and demonstrations of cost estimation tools. Practical guides to size
estimation, including the new ideas of Albrecht's function points and
DeMarco's function metrics will be discussed by their developers.
Participants can learn how to create a model of their own with Basili's
Meta-Model methodology or use the existing systems of PRICE S, SLIM and
ESTIMAX, all discused by their developers. The Wicomo Tool, an
implementation of Boehm's COCOMO Model will also be demonstrated.
The emphasis in the lectures will be on the useablility of the ideas
presented in actual cost estimation and resource modeling. Laboratory
sessions will reinforce the ideas presented in lectures.
Extensive time will be available for discussions with the lecturers.
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
ALLEN ALBRECHT, IBM
"The Function Point Methodology"
VICTOR BASILI, University of Maryland
"The Meta-Model Aproach to Resource Modeling"
"The Goals/Questions/Metrics Paradigm"
TOM DEMARCO, Atlantic Systems Guild
"Function Models and Function Metrics"
NANCY MARTIN, Wang Institute of Graduate Studies
"Introduction to Resource Modeling"
"The COCOMO Model and The WICOMO Tool"
Demonstration
"Commercial Tool Comparison"
ROBERT PARK, RCA - PRICE Systems
"The PRICE S Model"
LAWRENCE PUTNAM, Quantitative Software Management, Inc.
"The SLIM Model"
Demonstration
HOWARD RUBIN, Hunter College
"ESTIMAX"
Demonstration
Tuition Fee: $900.00
The Summer Institute in Computer Science is sponsored by the Wang Institute of
Graduate Studies in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. All summer short courses are
taught at the Institute, thirty miles from Boston.
To receive a registration form, send a message with your name and mailing
address to Roberta Wesley, Coordinator of Special Programs at:
decvax!wivax!wesley.
For further information, feel free to call Roberta Wesley at 617-649-9731 or
Nancy Martin at 603-882-1790.