CSCI 6231 Software Engineering Cost Estimation Supplemental Instructor: Morris Lancaster

09/30/2012CS 6231 Cost Estimation2 Cost Estimation Models Wiki Parametric Estimating Wideband Delphi COCOMO SLIM SEER-SEM Parametric Estimation of Effort, Schedule, Cost, Risk. Minimum time and staffing concepts based on Brooks's lawSEER-SEMBrooks's law Function Point Analysis Proxy-based estimating (PROBE) (from the Personal Software Process)Proxy-based estimatingPersonal Software Process Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)Program Evaluation and Review Technique Analysis Effort method PRICE Systems Founders of Commercial Parametric models that estimates the scope, cost, effort and schedule for software projects.PRICE Systems Evidence-based Scheduling Refinement of typical agile estimating techniques using minimal measurement and total time accounting.Evidence-based Scheduling

09/30/2012CS 6231 Cost Estimation3 A great deal of material is out there, how do we choose? Rand Corporation Study Estimation in Incremental Processes Basic COCOMO –DownloadDownload COCOMO II –DownloadDownload FFP – a nomenclature problem

09/30/2012CS 6231 Cost Estimation4 Cost Estimation Models Assignment 2 Coordinate with your team and provide at least two initial estimates (using two different methodologies) for the class project. –For each metric and adjustment factor, give the rational for its development. –One product will come from each team. That product will contain the two estimates. Please assess the accuracy of the estimates in a short paragraph. Due on 10/22