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18th International Forum on
COCOMO™ and Software Cost Modeling

Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California

October 21-24, 2003, Los Angeles, CA

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18^th COCOMO™/SCM Forum Agenda

Tuesday, October 21^st:

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00-11:30 Sizing tutorial,

General COCOMO™ suite tutorials – moderator Dr. Barry Boehm

Koni Thompson, David Consulting Group;

Evolving Standards in Function Point/Lines of Code Ratios

11:30-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:50 Sizing – moderator Winsor Brown

JoAnn Lane, San Diego State U

Learning to Size Software: Experiences in the Classroom

Jairus Hihn, Karen Lum, JPL;

Improving Software Size Estimates by

Using Probabilistic Paired Ratio Comparison Matrices

Anca Juliana Stoica, Royal Inst. Technology, Sweden;

An Internet-Intranet Solution for Software System Sizing Based on Use Cases

1:50-2:10 Break

2:10-3:30 Sizing – moderator Winsor Brown

Richard Stutkze, SAIC;

Do Specification Characteristics Correlate with Delivered Software Size?

Yue Chen, Ray Madachy, USC;

Results of eServices Product Sizing Metric Correlations

Chris Miller, SPC;

Systems Engineering Size Measures

Lee Fischman, Galorath; Daniel V. Ferens, AFRL/IFEA;

Critical Mass: Estimating software size from use case points and requirements repositories

3:30-3:50 Break

3:50-5:10 Panel: Model Vendor Approaches to Function Point/SLOC Backfiring – moderator Dr. Barry Boehm

Panelists: Lee Fischman, Galorath; Dan Ligett, COSTAR; Ray Madachy, CostXpert; Arlene Minkiewicz, PRICE S (invited), Larry Putnam, SLIM (invited)

5:30-8:00 Affiliates’ dinner and Workshops kickoff (Faculty Center)

18^th COCOMO™/SCM Forum Agenda

Wednesday, Oct 22^nd :

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00-9:40 COCOMO™ II Extensions – moderator Dr. Barry Boehm

Dan Strickland, Dynetics; Pam McDonald, Charles Wildman, THAAD Project Office

NOSTROMO: Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Model Uncertainty Risk in COCOMO™ II

Ye Yang, Ricardo Valerdi, USC;

Initial COCOMO™ II.2003 Data Analysis

Michael Douglas, U. Of So. Florida;

The Impacts of the Handoffs on Software Development

Ye Yang, Ricardo Valerdi, USC;

Revisiting the COCOMO™ II SCED Cost-Schedule Driver

Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman;

Use of Historical Data by High Maturity Organizations

9:40-10:10 Break

10:10-11:50 COCOMO™ II Extensions; Systems Engineering – Don Reifer

Brad Clark, SoftwareMetrics:

COCOMO™ Rating Scale Elaborations

Barry Boehm, Winsor Brown, Ray Madachy, Ye Yang, USC;

COPLIMO:A Product-Line Investment Analysis Model

Lee Fischman, Mike Ross, Galorath;

A Normalized Use Case Metric

Ricardo Valerdi, USC; Michael Ernstoff, Raytheon; Paul Mohlman, Aerospace; Don Reifer, USC-RCI; Evin Stump, Galorath;

Systems Engineering Sizing in the Age of Acquisition Reform

Ricardo Valerdi;

COSYSMO

11:50-12:50 Lunch

12:50-1:50 Value-Based Modeling – moderator Dr. Barry Boehm

Ray Madachy, USC-CostXPert,

A Value-Based Software Product Model

LiGuo Huang, Barry Boehm, Apurva Jain, USC;

iDAVE: Information Dependability Attribute Value Estimation

Sunita Chulani, IBM;

Metrics for Managing Customer View of Quality: Recent Results

1:50-2:20 Break

18^th COCOMO™/SCM Forum Agenda

Wednesday, Oct 22^nd (Cont’d):

2:20-4:00 Data Analysis – moderator Sunita Chulani

Ed Colbert, USC;

COCOMO™ II Security Extensions

Xishi Huang, U. of W. Ontario, Canada;

An Intelligent Approach to Software Cost Prediction

Linda Brooks, Northrop Grumman;

Costing COTS Integration: Summary

* This will be a brief overview of the presentation. The full presentation will be presented during the LA SPIN Meeting.

Don Reifer, USC-RCI;

Industry Cost and Quality Benchmarks

Richard Selby, Northrop Grumman;

Management Use of Software Cost and Productivity Measures

4:00-5:00 Tool Demo Descriptions – Winsor Brown

5:00-7:00 Reception and Tools Fair, 3^rd Floor, Henry Salvatori Bldg.

• SAL 329 DBAccess COCOMO™- Janet Chu
• SAL 330 COCOTS-Ye Yang
• SAL 330 COPLIMO-Ye Yang
• SAL 329 COSYSMO-Ricardo Valerdi
• SAL 332 COPROMO-Winsor Brown
• SAL 332 CORADMO/COPSEMO- Winsor Brown
• SAL 330 IDAVE-LiGuo Huang
• SAL 316 New Code Counter-Sushil Choudhari
• SAL 337 Agile COCOMO™ II-Gunjan Sharman
• SAL 337 COCOMO™ II-Keun Lee
• SAL 324 NOSTROMO-Dan Strickland
• SAL 324 COSTAR-Dan Ligett
• SAL 318 COSTXpert-Ray Madachy

7:00-8:15 LA SPIN Meeting

Linda Brooks, Northrop Grumman;

Costing COTS Integration

** Please refer to presentation in the Data Analysis Section

18^th COCOMO™/SCM Forum Agenda

Thursday October 23^rd :

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00-9:40 Workshop breakout groups

Tentative Breakout Groups:

Sizing Workshop – Winsor Brown and Yue Chen Moderating

SAL 222

COSYSMO Workshop – Ricardo Valerdi and Jesal Bhuta Moderating

Powell Hall Room 223

Elaborating Cost Drivers Workshop – Brad Clark and Ye Yang Moderating

SAL 322

Security Workshop – Ed Colbert and Danni Wu Moderating

Powell Hall Room 631

9:40-10:10 Break

10:10-12:00 Workshop breakout groups

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Workshop breakout groups

3:00-3:20 Break

3:20-5:00 Workshop breakout groups

Friday October 24^th :

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00-11:30 Workshop breakout group reports