內容簡介TOPSOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS PRESENT METHODS, PRACTICES, AND EXPERIENCES OF SOFTWARE ESTIMATION, A PRACTICE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND FOR BUSINESS PROCESSES IN GENERAL. THEIR TREATMENT PIVOTS ON THE WIDELY USED FUNCTION POINTS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMON SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM (COSMIC). THE TOPICS INCLUDE MOVING FROM FUNCTION POINT COUNTING TO BETTER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, COGNITIVE ISSUES IN APPLYING A FUNCTIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTATIONS WITH THE COSMIC METHOD IN THE AUTOMOTIVE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE FIELD. DISTRIBUTED IN THE US BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS. ANNOTATION 穢2011 BOOK NEWS, INC., PORTLAND, OR (BOOKNEWS.COM)