Sizing and Estimating for Real-time Software – the COSMIC-FFP method
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a. estimate a software size from its requirements, early in the life of a project b. enter that size together with other parameters into formulae to estimate project effort and duration (where the formulae had been calibrated on recently-completed projects in the same domain) c. track the software size as requirements evolve (e.g. for contract control purposes) and compute project performance parameters (e.g. productivity, speed of delivery and defect density) when the project is delivered
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