dmm@panda.UUCP (Dottie MacKeen) (08/06/86)
This is a second request for information on a project management package called cocomo. I did recieve one response telling me that it was a version of WICOMO from Wang but nothing to suggest how I might locate it. If you are aware of a PC version of this software will you please give me some information on sources. I am posting again in the hope that the people who know about it assumed someone else would answer. thanks dottie mackeen
dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (08/07/86)
In article <2088@panda.UUCP>, dmm@panda.UUCP (Dottie MacKeen) writes: > This is a second request for information on a project management > package called cocomo. I did recieve one response telling me > that it was a version of WICOMO from Wang but nothing to suggest > how I might locate it. > > If you are aware of a PC version of this software will you please > give me some information on sources. Dottie, you musn't have seen my message about "WICOMO", the Wang Institute implementation of COCOMO for the IBM PC and 4.2BSD systems, in which I described how to obtain it. Probably your best bet is to call the main number at the Wang Institute in Tyngsborough, MA: 617-649-9731, and ask about availability of software developed at WI. I believe WICOMO is available for some nominal distribution fee. Quite coincidentally, I received a package in the mail this morning from an old classmate of mine from WI who has formed a company to sell a commercially supported souped-up COCOMO estimation tool for IBM/PC machines and VAXes. It is apparently compatible with WICOMO commands and data files, although it is a completely new implementation of the model. I haven't yet had a chance to play with the demo disk he sent me, so as BYTE says, "this is not a review." Still, he was part of the original project team that worked on WICOMO, one of the best projects to come out of WI, and I am familiar with his work, so I feel fairly confident that it is a high-quality product. For information on this version of COCOMO, known as Costar, contact Dan Ligett Softstar Systems 28 Poneman Road Amherst, NH 03031 (603)-672-0987 Naturally, I have no connection with Softstar, no axe to grind, etc... -- Steve Dyer dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU {linus,wanginst,bbncca,bbnccv,harvard,ima,ihnp4}!spdcc!dyer