Software development effort estimation: Difference between revisions

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{{quotation|What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months.|[[Fred Brooks]]|

}} Adding to the fact that estimating development efforts is hard, it's worth stating that assigning more resources doesn't always help.

==Comparison of development estimation software==

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| [[Source lines of code|KLOC]], Scale Factors, Cost Drivers

| proprietary, Text

| {{any}}

| DOS

| {{Free}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/>/ Free for public distribution

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|[[SEER-SEM|Seer for Software]]

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| [[Source lines of code|SLOC]], [[Function points]], use cases, bottoms-up, object, features

| proprietary, Excel, Microsoft Project, IBM Rational, Oracle Crystal Ball

| {{any}}

| Windows, Any ([[Web application|Web-based]])

| Commercial

| [[{{Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

|-

|[[Putnam model|SLIM]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qsm.com/tools |title=SLIM Suite Overview |publisher=Qsm.com |access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>

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| Size ([[Source lines of code|SLOC]], [[Function points]], Use Cases, etc.), constraints (size, duration, effort, staff), scale factors, historical projects, historical trends

| proprietary, Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft PowerPoint, IBM Rational, text, HTML

| {{any}}

| Windows, Any ([[Web application|Web-based]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qsm.com/tools/slim-webservices |title=SLIM-WebServices |publisher=Qsm.com |access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>

| Commercial

| [[{{Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

|-

|[[PRICE Systems|TruePlanning]]<ref>TruePlanning Integrated Cost Models [http://www.pricesystems.com/en-us/offerings/pricecostmodels.aspx#167514-integrated-models PRICE Systems site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105111619/http://www.pricesystems.com/en-us/offerings/pricecostmodels.aspx#167514-integrated-models |date=2015-11-05 }}</ref>

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| Components, Structures, Activities, Cost drivers, Processes, Functional Software Size (Source Lines of Code (SLOC), Function Points, Use Case Conversion Points (UCCP), Predictive Object Points (POPs) etc.)

| Excel, CAD

| {{any}}

| Windows

| Commercial

| [[{{Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

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