Charles R. Symons

According to our database, Charles R. Symons authored at least 15 papers between 1984 and 2023.

Collaborative distances:

• Dijkstra number of five.
• Erdős number of four.

2023

Resolving the Historical Confusions about the Meaning of Software Size and Its Use for Project Effort Estimation (Extended Abstract).

Charles Symons

Proceedings of the Joint Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM) and the 17th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA), 2023

2019

The COSMIC Method for Measuring the Work-Output Component of Productivity.

Charles Symons

Proceedings of the Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering., 2019

2016

Measurement of Software Size: Advances Made by the COSMIC Community.

Charles Symons, Alain Abran, Christof Ebert, Frank W. Vogelezang

Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2016

2015

A Process to Improve the Accuracy of MkII FP to COSMIC Size Conversions: Insights into the COSMIC Method Design Assumptions.

Aveek Dasgupta, Çigdem Gencel, Charles R. Symons

Proceedings of the Software Measurement, 2015

2014

COSMIC Workshop - Update on Method v4.0, NFR and Estimating.

Charles R. Symons, Alain Abran, Çigdem Gencel, Chris Woodward, Jaroslaw Swierczek

Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2014

Lies, Damned Lies and Software Metrics.

Charles Symons

Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Conference of the International Workshop on Software Measurement and the International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2014

2013

Approximate COSMIC Functional Size - Guideline for Approximate COSMIC Functional Size Measurement.

Frank W. Vogelezang, Charles Symons, Arlan Lesterhuis, Roberto Meli, Maya Daneva

Proceedings of the 2013 Joint Conference of the 23rd International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, 2013

2012

Exploring Software Project Effort versus Duration Trade-offs.

Charles Symons

IEEE Softw., 2012

2010

Software Industry Performance: What You Measure Is What You Get.

Charles Symons

IEEE Softw., 2010

2001

Point/Counterpoint: Software Benchmarking: Serious Management Tool or a Joke? / When It Comes to Measuring Software, Every Project Is Unique.

Charles R. Symons, John McGarry

IEEE Softw., 2001

2000

COSMIC FFP and the World-Wide Field Trials Strategy.

Alain Abran, Serge Oligny, Charles R. Symons

Proceedings of the New Approaches in Software Measurement, 10th International Workshop, 2000

1996

Standardizing at the leading edge.

Charles R. Symons

ACM Stand., 1996

1991

Software sizing and estimating - Mk II FPA, function point analysis.

Charles R. Symons

Wiley series in software engineering practice, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-471-92985-7, 1991

1988

Function Point Analysis: Difficulties and Improvements.

Charles R. Symons

IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 1988

1984

A proposal for an automated logical access control standard (ALACS): a standard for computer logical access security.

Charles R. Symons, James A. Schweitzer

ACM SIGCHI Bull., 1984