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Cost Estimation
Date: 6 Dec 1997
1. Lawrence Putnam and Ware Myers, "MEASURES FOR EXCELLENCE: Reliable Software
on Time, Within Budget," Prentice-Hall, 1992, ISBN 0-13-567694-0.
Suggested in Fall 1995 as the current standard by several correspondents.
Constrains solutions to those that meet the user's objectives, such as
cost, schedule, staff available, quality.
2. Barry W. Boehm, Software Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall, 1981. This
used to be the standard; it introduced the COCOMO model.
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