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UCLA short course on "Software Cost and Schedule Estimation"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Goodin, Bill)
Wed Oct 15 20:44:36 1997
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:30:15 -0500
From: "Goodin, Bill" <bgoodin@unex.ucla.edu>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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> On January 12-14, 1998, UCLA Extension will present the short course,
> "Software Cost and Schedule Estimation", 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, and
> Partner, Claremont Consulting Group.
>
> 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
> presenting case studies from a broad cross section of the public and
> private sectors
> -- How to manage the software development cost and schedule
> estimation 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.
>
