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UCLA short course on
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Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 18:14:41 -0500
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From: "Goodin, Bill" <bgoodin@unex.ucla.edu>
Subject: UCLA short course on
"Cost and Schedule Estimation for Software Development Projects"
On August 13-15, 1997, UCLA Extension will present the short course,
"Cost and Schedule Estimation for Software Development Projects",
on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles.
The instructor is Donald S. Remer, PhD, Oliver C. Field Professor of
Engineering, Harvey Mudd College of Engineering and Science.
Many software development projects are delivered late and over budget.
These projects often do not meet the original requirements, have an
unacceptable number of defects, and may not even function properly. This
course is designed to show participants how to estimate software
development costs and schedules to avoid large overruns--whether the
project is a few thousand dollars or tens of millions of dollars--and also
how to recognize and overcome potential software development failures.
Specific course objectives include:
-- Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of different software
development cost and schedule estimation methods
-- How to start and use a software development metrics program to support
estimation
-- How to avoid common errors and pitfalls in software development
estimation
-- Understanding the importance of new costing concepts and paradigms
-- Gaining insight into the software cost estimation process by resenting
case studies from a broad cross section of the public and privat sectors
-- How to manage the software development cost and schedule estmation
process
-- Recognizing ten key factors to prevent software project failure
-- Dealing with emerging cost issues--rapid prototyping, concurrent
development, object-oriented approaches, COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf)
software, re-use driven approaches, quality considerations (ISO 9001), and
reengineering
-- Interacting with software professionals from industry, government, and
universities
-- Introducing rules-of-thumb and reference sources.
The course fee is $1195, which includes all course materials. These
materials are for participants only and are not for sale.
For additional information and a complete course description, please
contact Marcus Hennessy at:
(310) 825-1047
(310) 206-2815 fax
mhenness@unex.ucla.edu
http://www.unex.ucla.edu/shortcourses/
This course may also be presented on-site at company locations.
