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Software cost estimation: Present and future
Author(s) -
Mohanty Siba N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380110202
Subject(s) - cost estimate , computer science , software quality , software , software metric , reliability engineering , quality (philosophy) , software sizing , software development , cost database , quality costs , cost driver , estimation , software construction , statistics , systems engineering , engineering , database , cost control , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , marketing , business , programming language
The state‐of‐the‐art in software cost estimation is reviewed. The estimated cost of a software system varies widely with the model used. Some variation in cost estimation is attributable to the anomolies in the cost data base used in developing the model. The other variations, it is claimed are due to the presence or absence of certain ‘qualities’ in the final product. These qualities are measures of ‘goodness’ in design, development, and test‐integration phases of software. To consider quality as a driver of software cost, we have suggested an association between cost and quality and have proposed a way to use quality metrics to estimate software cost.