Part I Predictable Software Development.-Why Software Effort Estimation?.- What is a Good Estimate?.- Why the CoBRA Method?.- Part II The CoBRA Method.- Principles of the CoBRA Method.- Model Development and Validation.- Model Application.- Usage Scenarios of a CoBRA Model.- Part III Industrial Applications.- Software design & management, Germany.- Allette Systems, Australia.- Oki Electric, Japan.- Siemens Information Systems, India.- Japan Manned...