CH 8: Calling the Shot
Correct estimation:
- Programming increases as a power of program size (1.5 is power)
- Portman: 50% of time to programming; rest to overheads
- Aron, IBM: 1.5 KLOC/man-year to 10 KLOC/man-year as a function of interactions
- Brooks and Harr: 0.6 - 0.8 KLOC/man-year on Op. Sys; 2-3 KLOC/man-year on compilers