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)

Function Point Analysis: Difficulties and Improvements. - Charles R. Symons (IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 1988)

Software sizing and estimating - Mk II FPA, function point analysis. - Charles R. Symons (Wiley, 1991)

Standardizing at the leading edge. - Charles R. Symons (ACM Stand., 1996)

COSMIC FFP and the World-Wide Field Trials Strategy. - Alain Abran; Serge Oligny; Charles R. Symons (IWSM, 2000)

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)

Software Industry Performance: What You Measure Is What You Get. - Charles Symons (IEEE Softw., 2010)

Exploring Software Project Effort versus Duration Trade-offs. - Charles Symons (IEEE Softw., 2012)

Approximate COSMIC Functional Size - Guideline for Approximate COSMIC Functional Size Measurement. - Frank W. Vogelezang; Charles Symons; Arlan Lesterhuis; Roberto Meli; Maya Daneva (IWSM/Mensura, 2013)

Lies, Damned Lies and Software Metrics. - Charles Symons (IWSM/Mensura, 2014)

COSMIC Workshop - Update on Method v4.0, NFR and Estimating. - Charles R. Symons; Alain Abran; Çigdem Gencel; Chris Woodward; Jaroslaw Swierczek (IWSM/Mensura, 2014)

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 (IWSM/Mensura, 2015)

Measurement of Software Size: Advances Made by the COSMIC Community. - Charles Symons; Alain Abran; Christof Ebert; Frank W. Vogelezang (IWSM-Mensura, 2016)

The COSMIC Method for Measuring the Work-Output Component of Productivity. - Charles Symons (Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, 2019)

Resolving the Historical Confusions about the Meaning of Software Size and Its Use for Project Effort Estimation (Extended Abstract). - Charles Symons (IWSM-Mensura, 2023)