Capers Jones is a specialist in software engineering methodologies and is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation. He has been the President and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates and Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). In 2011, he co-founded Namcook Analytics LLC, where he is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He formed his own business in 1984, Software Productivity Research, after holding positions at IBM and ITT. After retiring from Software Productivity Research in 2000, he remains active as an independent management consultant. He is a Distinguished Advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ).

• PART 1. Worst-Case Patterns of Software Development. 1. Challenges of Software Project Management. 2. Wastage: Lost Time and Money Due to Poor Software Quality. 3. Root Causes of Poor Software Quality. 4. Defenses against Breach of Contract Litigation. 5. The Mess of Software Metrics. 6. Variations in Software Costs and Quality by Application Size. 7. Advancing Software from a Craft to a Profession. 8. PART 2. Best-Case Patterns of Software Development. 8. Corporate Software Risk Reduction in a Fortune 500 Company. 9. Achieving Software Excellence. 10. Early Sizing and Estimating of Software Projects. 11. Optimizing Defect Removal Efficiency (DRE). 12. Tool Usage on Best-Case, Average, and Worst-Case Projects. 13. Geriatric Care for Aging Software. 14. Function Points as a Universal Metric.

Capers Jones is a specialist in software engineering methodologies and is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation. He has been the President and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates and Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). In 2011, he co-founded Namcook Analytics LLC, where he is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He formed his own business in 1984, Software Productivity Research, after holding positions at IBM and ITT. After retiring from Software Productivity Research in 2000, he remains active as an independent management consultant. He is a Distinguished Advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ).

• PART 1. Worst-Case Patterns of Software Development. 1. Challenges of Software Project Management. 2. Wastage: Lost Time and Money Due to Poor Software Quality. 3. Root Causes of Poor Software Quality. 4. Defenses against Breach of Contract Litigation. 5. The Mess of Software Metrics. 6. Variations in Software Costs and Quality by Application Size. 7. Advancing Software from a Craft to a Profession. 8. PART 2. Best-Case Patterns of Software Development. 8. Corporate Software Risk Reduction in a Fortune 500 Company. 9. Achieving Software Excellence. 10. Early Sizing and Estimating of Software Projects. 11. Optimizing Defect Removal Efficiency (DRE). 12. Tool Usage on Best-Case, Average, and Worst-Case Projects. 13. Geriatric Care for Aging Software. 14. Function Points as a Universal Metric.

Capers Jones is a specialist in software engineering methodologies and is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation. He has been the President and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates and Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). In 2011, he co-founded Namcook Analytics LLC, where he is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He formed his own business in 1984, Software Productivity Research, after holding positions at IBM and ITT. After retiring from Software Productivity Research in 2000, he remains active as an independent management consultant. He is a Distinguished Advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ).

• PART 1. Worst-Case Patterns of Software Development. 1. Challenges of Software Project Management. 2. Wastage: Lost Time and Money Due to Poor Software Quality. 3. Root Causes of Poor Software Quality. 4. Defenses against Breach of Contract Litigation. 5. The Mess of Software Metrics. 6. Variations in Software Costs and Quality by Application Size. 7. Advancing Software from a Craft to a Profession. 8. PART 2. Best-Case Patterns of Software Development. 8. Corporate Software Risk Reduction in a Fortune 500 Company. 9. Achieving Software Excellence. 10. Early Sizing and Estimating of Software Projects. 11. Optimizing Defect Removal Efficiency (DRE). 12. Tool Usage on Best-Case, Average, and Worst-Case Projects. 13. Geriatric Care for Aging Software. 14. Function Points as a Universal Metric.