CS851 Software Economics Seminar
Go” Systems Engineering
Course Description: Software design theory remains remarkably disconnected from concepts and models of value creation over time. Most work to date in software economics has focused on cost and schedule estimation and on risk management. Largely ignored have been issues of upside benefits and opportunities. Thus, we lack intellectual and mathematical tools for reasoning about the net value of investments in software development. The purpose of this seminar is to explore the emerging discipline of modern economics-driven software development, including both foundational and recent works. CS 851 will be organized as a one-credit, one-hour-per-week seminar, with an optional project component to bring the course up to the three-credit level for selected students who wish to pursue the topic in significantly greater depth. In each session, one or more students will present critical analyses of scholarly papers and selected chapters from Boehm's classic book on software engineering economics. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Computer Science or Systems Engineering Grading: Based on quality of presentations and participation and (optional) project. Credits:
1 (no project, for the typical student) or 3 (with project, requires instructor
approval, granted based on a demonstrated commitment to doing research
in this area)
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