Estimating Software-Development Costs With Greater Accuracy

TBMG-3212

09/01/2008

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COCOMOST is a computer program for use in estimating software development costs. The goal in the development of COCOMOST was to increase estimation accuracy in three ways: (1) develop a set of sensitivity software tools that return not only estimates of costs but also the estimation error; (2) using the sensitivity software tools, precisely define the quantities of data needed to adequately tune cost estimation models; and (3) build a repository of software-cost-estimation information that NASA managers can retrieve to improve the estimates of costs of developing software for their project (see figure).

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"Estimating Software-Development Costs With Greater Accuracy," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2008.
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Sep 1, 2008
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TBMG-3212
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English