Graduate Education Institute · Computer Science and Engineering · Master
Course Objective
This purpose of this course is to provide the students with
the following capabilities:
* The ability to define effective metrics for any software development situation
* To understand the factors and issues concerning software effort estimation
* The ability to successfully estimate the size of a software project
* The ability to simplify the design of the project in order to reduce the cost.
* The ability to successfully estimate/measure/predict the quality of a software
project
* The ability to accurately track the progress of a software project
* The ability to understand basic financial measurements that relate to
software projects
Course Content
This course is an in-depth study of software measurement and estimation with an introduction to financial measurements. The successful student will learn to measure and predict the size, complexity, and quality of software development projects by a variety of methods.
Course Learning Outcomes
- The ability to define effective metrics for any software development situation
- To understand the factors and issues concerning software effort estimation
- The ability to successfully estimate the size of a software project
- The ability to simplify the design of the project in order to reduce the cost.
- The ability to successfully estimate/measure/predict the quality of a software project
- The ability to accurately track the progress of a software project
- he ability to understand basic financial measurements that relate to software projects