cost estimation

Basic idea

Predicting effort, schedule, and cost of a software project before it is built. Mostly inaccurate; the value is in the act of estimating and re-estimating.

Key formulas

• COCOMO basic: $E = a \cdot \text{KLOC}^b$
• PERT: $T_E = (O + 4M + P)/6$
• Algorithmic model: $\text{Effort} = A \cdot \text{Size}^B \cdot M$

Pages

• Cocomo

Siblings

• frameworks
• languages
• management
• quality management