The estimation formulas have the form:Ĭopy Code Effort (in person-months) = a x KSLOCb In general, COCOMO II estimates project cost, derived directly from person-months effort, by assuming the cost is basically dependent on total physical size of all project files, expressed in thousands single lines of code (KSLOC). Provides about 20% cost and 70% time estimate accuracy.
The model is by now invigorative software engineering artifact that has, from customer perspective, the following features:
The COCOMO II 1) model is a COCOMO 81 update to address software development practices in the 1990's and 2000's. It was developed initially (COCOMO 81) by Barry Boehm in the early eighties 2). Introduction to COCOMO II EstimatesĬOCOMO (Constructive Cost Model) is a model that allows software project managers to estimate project cost and duration. As in many projects, the next important step is to make cost estimates.
Said above is a short scope definition for the project provided by the company.