Assessing Applicability, Validity and Calibration of Software Development Effort Estimation Model

DOI: 10.5176/2251-2217_SEA12.09

Authors: Paula S. Esplanada, Eliezer A. Albacea

Abstract: Effort estimation is the process of predicting how many hours of work and how many workers are needed to complete a project. The need for accurate estimates in software development continues to grow as more and more companies are experiencing cost overruns due to poor estimates. This study evaluates four of the most popular algorithmic models used to estimate software effort (Basic COCOMO, Intermediate COCOMO, Walston-Felix, and Bailey-Basili) using project data from a particular software company. The results s