Papers, Reports, and Presentations
Papers:
- "Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II" - Chapter 5
- Authors: Barry W. Boehm, Chris Abts, A. Winsor Brown, Sunita Chulani, Bradford K. Clark, Ellis Horowitz, Ray Madachy, Donald J. Reifer, Bert Steece
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ:Prentice-Hall, 2000
Presentations:
- 1999 USC-CSE Annual Research Review - "COPROMO Constructive Productivity Model "
- Author: A. Winsor Brown
- PDF format
- 1998 COCOMO and Software Cost Modeling International Forum 13 - "COCOMO Productivity Improvement Model (COPROMO)"
- Author: Barry Boehm
- PDF format
Model Status
The Constructive Productivity Model focusses on predicting the most cost effective allocation of investment resources in new technologies intended to improve productivity.
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Research Group
- Dr. Barry W. Boehm
- Mr. A. Winsor Brown
Research Sponsors
Primary funding and technical support of the development of COPROMO has been provided by the USC-CSSE Affiliates. We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge their generous assistance, without whose help the development of COPROMO would have been impossible.
Cost Estimation Bibliography
For an extensive bibliography of software cost estimation related papers and books go here.
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