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APPENDIX F
CONTENTS OF ACCOMPANYING CD-ROM
F.1 Introduction
Appendix F describes the contents of the CD-ROM that accompanies the
book. Sections F.2 through F.9 provide detailed information about the contents of
the CD as though it were being explored in a breadth-first search through the
displayed screens. Section F.10 describes the most significant files at the
outermost directory level of the CD.
In order to use the CD you need a to be running Windows 95 or higher,
and for some files a browser like Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape 3.0. Your
system should have at least 8MB of available RAM. For the spreadsheet models
and support software you must have Excel 5.0 or higher or a spreadsheet capable
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of reading such ".xls" files. Everything else that is needed is either described on
the relevant screens or provided on the CD.
F.2 Top Level Screen
The top-level screen of the CD provides an "Introduction and Mapping to
Book" page and a greeting and book overview [video clip and presentation] by
Barry Boehm. It also allows one to install USC COCOMO II.2000, as explained
in Section F.3. There are also links to sub-menus which provide access to the
USC COCOMO II.2000 Manuals; the spreadsheet models that are extensions of
COCOMO II; Tutorials; other COCOMO II based estimation tools; data
collection forms; and Affiliation information.
In addition, there is a section with information on using the CD which
explains the how to use the CD including the navigation approach for accessing
the contents of the CD. It provides more detailed explanations of the contents of
the CD, and repeats some of the README.txt information.
The main page of the CD, and every sub-page, has an Exit ICON, always
positioned in the lower right corner. Activating this button/ICON will exit the CD
ROM player software and return the user to other running programs on his/her
computer.
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Since most of the documents included on the CD are PDF, a compatible
version of Acrobat Reader is provided on the CD. Similarly, all the videos are
provided as ".mov" files for which a compatible QuickTime viewer is supplied.
The icons for installing these tools are provided along the bottom of the main
screen.
F.3. Install USC COCOMO II.2000
This link on the main screen initiates a self-install program to install the
USC COCOMO II.2000 program files, which include USC COCOMO II.exe,
COCOMO_charts.xls and the USC COCOMO II.2000 help files. The installation
file is a little under 4MB in size, but requires up to 12MB of available temporary
disk memory to complete the installation process. The final program files occupy
about 4MB after installation.
COCOMO_charts.xls is a spreadsheet-based tool designed to produce
most of the typical graphs that management likes to see; its instructions are shown
on the first tab of the workbook. The USC COCOMO II.2000 help files are
HTML representations of the tool's on-line help, covering both the operation of
the software itself and the COCOMO II model.
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F.4 COCOMO II.2000 Manuals
The COCOMO II.2000 Manuals sub-menu screen provides access to the
USC COCOMO II.2000 Software Reference Manual (PDF format); a Model
Definition Manual (PDF format), based on Chapter 2 of the book; and a link to
the Center for Software Engineering's COCOMO website,
http://sunset.usc.edu/COCOMOII/cocomo.html.
F.5 Spreadsheet Models
The Spreadsheet Models sub-menu screen provides access to the currently
implemented extensions to COCOMO II.2000 and a stand-alone copy of
COCOMO_chart.xls, a 283KB MS Excel program that uses macros to accomplish
many of its tasks.
F.5.1 COPSEMO Spreadsheet Models
This sub-menu provides access to a COPSEMO Summary document, a
COPSEMO_README.txt file, COPSEMO.xls which implements the four-phase
model described in Chapter 5; a COPSEMO "user manual" document, and a
COPSEMO percentage determination aide worksheet.
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F.5.2 CORADMO Spreadsheet Models
This sub-menu provides access to a CORADMO Summary document; a
CORADMO_README.txt file; CORADMO.xls which implements the Rapid
Application Development schedule and effort model described in Chapter 5; a
CORADMO "user manual" document; and a CORADMO driver determination
aide worksheet.
F.5.3 COPROMO Spreadsheet Models
This sub-menu provides access to a COPROMO Summary document; a
COPROMO_README.txt file; COPROMO_03.xls which implements the
productivity improvement estimation model described in Chapter 5; a
COPROMO "user manual" document; and COPROMO model instruction and
description document.
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F.6 Tutorials
The Tutorials sub-menu screen provides access to several kinds of tutorial
material: an interactive use of COCOMO and several of its extensions, and
support for the COCOMO examples from Chapter 3 of the book.
"My 1st COCOMO Run" is a user interactive tutorial. It walks the user
through the creation of a simple COCOMO estimate, the generation of a few
charts (using COCOMO_charts.xls), and the use of COPSEMO and CORADMO.
The Transaction Processing System (TPS) example from Chapter 3 is
supported with a video overview, the video presentation support slides, and the
USC COCOMO II.2000 estimate files TPS.est (6.63kb) and TPS1.est (6.63kb).
The Airborne Radar System (ARS) example from Chapter 3 is supported
with a video overview, the video presentation support slides, and the USC
COCOMO II.2000 estimate files ars_breadboard_9.est (5.44kb),
ars_top_level_7.est (5.43kb), and ars_detailed_9.est (14.1kb).
F.7 Commercial COCOMO II Based Tools
The Commercial COCOMO II Based Tools sub-menu screen provides
both information and working demonstration copies of commercial
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implementations of COCOMO II which have been assessed as faithful to the
COCOMO II.2000 model. They are COSTAR from SoftStar Systems, Cost Xpert
from Marotz, and Estimate_Professional from Software Productivity Centre.
For each we provide 1) a copy of their company's homepage and one tool
introduction or explanation page, complete with graphics, etc.; 2) a demonstration
or evaluation copy of their software that was provided to us for this purpose; and
3) a link to their web address.
The COSTAR entry includes the "About COSTAR" HTML file as well as
image files, COSTAR Demo version [5d], and the COSTAR homepage HTML
file with image files. Also provided is the current (at time of printing) of version
of SoftStar Systems' Calico, a "calibration" tool made that is available for free.
The Cost Xpert entry includes the "About Cost Xpert" HTML file with
image files, the "About Marotz" HTML file with image files, and a self-install file
for Cost Xpert – version 2.0.
The Estimate_Professional entry includes the "About
Estimate_Professional" HTML file with image files, and "About SPC" HTML file
with image files, and a self-installing file for "Estimate_Professional – version 4.1
DEMO" and the associated URL, http://www.spc.ca/products/estimate/index.htm.
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F.8 Data Collection Forms
The Data Collection Forms sub-menu screen provides both all the forms
from Appendix C, and stand-alone versions of questionnaires that have been
developed to gather calibration data for COCOMO II.2000 and its extensions.
Each table and figure from Appendix C is available as a separate pdf file.
This was done to make it easier to get the individual forms or instructions since
many are used repeatedly during the course of a project.
The Questionnaires are "stand-alone" in that they both define all the items
being asked for and provide assistance for how to evaluate the information one
has about a given project. There are questionnaires for 1) COCOMO II Cost
Estimation combined with COQUALMO, 2) COPSEMO data gathering,
CORADMO data gathering, and 3) COCOTS cost estimation survey.
F.9 Affiliation
The Affiliation sub-menu screen provides information on becoming an
Affiliate of the Center for Software Engineering, including benefits, costs, and an
application.
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F.10 CD Top Level Directory Highlights
There are two important files at this level: README.txt and COCOMO
II.2000-CD.exe. The latter file brings up the main control program for the CD. It
is also identified as the "autorun" file.
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