lrm5110@tahoma.UUCP (Larry R. Masden) (04/14/89)
I appreciate all the information I recieved regarding COCOMO. I got a copy of the book "Software Engineering Economics" by Barry W. Boehm and have read about the BASIC and INTERMEDIATE modeling methods. Now I have more questions. My basic concern is the numeric accuracy of the parameters for use in the UNIX / C environment. The parameters for the formulas in the book were developed based on information from 63 software development projects, most of which used FORTRAN or Assembly. Concievably, the differences between older environments and the newer environments could be factored into the "Modern Programming Practices" (MODP) parameter and "Use of Software Tools" (TOOL) parameter in the INTERMEDIATE model. However, I was wondering if any parameter sets exist that have been developed from UNIX / C projects. These might provide a better place for me to start. Thanks! -- Larry Masden Voice: (206) 237-2564 Boeing Commercial Airplanes UUCP: ..!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!tahoma!lrm5110 P.O. Box 3707, M/S 66-22 Seattle, WA 98124-2207