An approach of a technique for effort estimation of iterations in software projects

José Antonio Pow-Sang, Enrique Jolay-Vasquez

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Abstract

The estimation of effort and cost is still one of the hardest tasks in software project management. At the moment, there are many techniques to accomplish this task, such as Function Points, Use Case Points and COCOMO, but there is not much information available about how to use those techniques in non-waterfall software lifecycles such as iterative or spiral lifecycles projects. This paper shows the results obtained when applying a technique to estimate the effort of each construction iteration in software development projects that use iterative-incremental lifecycles. The results were obtained from software projects of a fourth-year course in Informatics. The technique proposes the use of Function Points and COCOMO II.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - APSEC 2006
Subtitle of host publicationAsia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Pages367-374
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventAPSEC 2006: Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference - Bangalore, India
Duration: 6 Dec 20068 Dec 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings - Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC
ISSN (Print)1530-1362

Conference

ConferenceAPSEC 2006: Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBangalore
Period6/12/068/12/06

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