On the Estimationof the Software Effort and Schedule using Constructive Cost Model II and Functional Point Analysis
R. Chandrasekaran, Rachna Kumar · International Journal of Computer Applications · 2012
Cost estimation is an important aspect for making high-quality management decisions in the software industry.It is also related to determining how much effort and schedule are needed to complete the task on time.The challenge is to predict the accuracy of software development effort and schedule.Several models and approaches are available in the literature for such problems.This paper provides a list of software cost estimation techniquesusing Constructive Cost Model -II (COCOMO-II), function points analysis,and comparison studyto validate these models using MRE (Magnitude of Relative Error).We collected and used data from real time projects and also completed projects from one of the major information technology company for the present study.