Related Work Published

Author(s)

Dr. Barry W Boehm

Year

1981

Book

Software Engineering Economics

Description

The book written by the author of the journal entry explains the fundamental concepts of microeconomics and presents the COCOMO model of calibrated cost estimation.

Relation to article

The COCOMO model is the most important cost estimation models considered in the journal.

Author(s)

Boehm, B., and W. Royce

Year

1989

Book

Ada COCOMO and the Ada Process Model

Description

The book describes a more refined version of the COCOMO model. Ada COCOMO added a capability for estimating the costs and schedules for incremental software development.

Relation to article

This is an extension to the cost estimation models in the article.

Author(s)

Banker, R., H. Chang and C. Kemerer

Year

1994

Article

Evidence on Economies of Scale in Software Development, Information and Software Technology

Description

The article develops a model of the relationship between software structure and software enhancement costs and errors.

Relation to article

The article furthers research in software engineering economics and finds that high investment in software quality practices such as structured design is not economically efficient in all situations.