Software Development Projects: Estimation of Cost and Effort (A Manager's Digest).

Abstract

This research focuses on the principles upon which models have been, and may be, constructed for estimating cost and effort in software development projects. A definition of and factors influencing software engineering economics is presented. The major phases and activities of the software lifecycle are described. Effort, time and cost estimation is analyzed. A presentation is then given of some widely used models for estimating cost and effort. Critical factors which must be considered when constructing a model for estimating cost and effort in software development projects are then presented. The authors summarize by citing areas that require more attention if cost and effort estimates are to be further improved. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126358

Entities

People

  • Charles James Pierce Jr.
  • Rebecca Louise Wagner

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Capillary Electrophoresis
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Databases
  • Debugging
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Models
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design