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Home > CrossTalk Apr 2000

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  Apr 2000  
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Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (apr00.pdf PDF 910KB)
  Cost Estimation  
  * Future Trends, Implications in Cost Estimation Models
by Barry W. Boehm, Chris Abts, Jongmoon Baik, A. Winsor Brown, Sunita Chulani, Brad Clark, Ellis Horowitz, Ray Madachy, Don Reifer, and Bert Steece.
A major team effort was recently completed to re-engineer the original Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO) for software cost and schedule estimation into a new model, COCOMO II.
 
  * Software Estimation: Challenges and Research
by Dr. Richard D. Stutzke
This article reviews challenges of software estimation, and research under way to address them.
 
  * Does Calibration Improve Predictive Accuracy?
by Daniel V. Ferrens and David S. Christensen
Many sophisticated parametric models exist; however, their predictive accuracy is questionable.
 
  * Top 10 CrossTalk Authors — 1999
 
  * Reducing Bias in Software Project Estimates
by David Peeters and George Dewey
Biases in the estimating process contribute to poor estimates. How can they be reduced?
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * Case Study: Automated Materiel Tracking System
by Jim Restel
The Automated Materiel Tracking System is a Web-based solution for real-time tracking of materiel transferred between Air Force Materiel Command divisions and Defense Logistics Agencies.
 
 
  Open Forum  
  * Requirements Management as a Matter of Communication
by Ingmar Ogren
Requirements specification must be supplemented by basic dialogue, including stated missions, problem management, and understandable formalism for the system's structure and behavior.
 
 
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