Software Design and Management, Germany

This chapter summarizes the application of the CoBRA method in the context of software design & management AG, Germany (sd&m). In the sd&m case, we considered multiple indirect influences on project effort, which resulted in a relatively complex effort overhead model. In the subsequent industrial applications, we walked away from modeling multiple indirect influences on project effort. We observed that modeling complex indirect influences typically costs much effort and brings little benefit in terms of improved estimates.