I have read it. The model(s) have evolved over time to reflect changing software technologies, skills and tools. I agree with one of your points, that it does not have small embedded systems projects. There is some military relevant data on small embedded systems projects. w.. Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > > Barry Boehm has been refining Software development > > models for more than 20 years. COCOMO is a non-linear > > development model calibrated from a lot of carefully documented > > software projects that seems to work very well. > > Did you realy read the book? I did (though maybe it was a previous > COCOMO book). It struck me as a model that fitted N data point perfectly > provided that the model contained at least N parameters. And the range > of software projects used as input was not impressive, most banking and > administrative, no real-time, embedded, etc. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics