Checklists and Criteria for Evaluating the Cost and Schedule Estimating Capabilities of Software Organizations

This report provides criteria and checklists for evaluating the capability of an organization's software estimating process and the infrastructure that supports it. It also supplies guidelines for good estimating practice. The checklists and guidelines can be used to elicit information for process assessments and to motivate and guide organizations in process improvement efforts.

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Author

Robert E. Park

Special Report
CMU/SEI-95-SR-005
January 1995

Cite This Report

SEI:

Park, Robert; Checklists and Criteria for Evaluating the Cost and Schedule Estimating Capabilities of Software Organizations (CMU/SEI-95-SR-005 ). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1995. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/95sr005.cfm

IEEE:

R. Park, "Checklists and Criteria for Evaluating the Cost and Schedule Estimating Capabilities of Software Organizations," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Special Report CMU/SEI-95-SR-005 , 1995. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/95sr005.cfm

APA:

Park, R., (1995). Checklists and Criteria for Evaluating the Cost and Schedule Estimating Capabilities of Software Organizations (CMU/SEI-95-SR-005 ). Retrieved May 25, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/95sr005.cfm

CHI:

Park, Robert, Checklists and Criteria for Evaluating the Cost and Schedule Estimating Capabilities of Software Organizations (CMU/SEI-95-SR-005 ). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1995. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/95sr005.cfm

MLA:

Park, R., 1995. Checklists and Criteria for Evaluating the Cost and Schedule Estimating Capabilities of Software Organizations (Technical Report CMU/SEI-95-SR-005 ). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/95sr005.cfm

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