COSMIC Function Points

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Chapter 1

Background and Overview

of the COSMIC-ISO 19761

Cost estimation, considering the dynamics of the software market, leads to a variety

of methods for the calculation of development eort and project duration. Some

of the project estimation methods are the constructive cost model (COCOMO),

dierent kinds of point counting methods, and the software life cycle management

(SLIM)-based approaches (Bundschuh and Dekkers 2008; Chemuturi 2009;

Dumke et al. 2008; Ebert and Dumke 2007; Jones 2007; McConnell 2006).

One of the key problems consists of the “comparable unit” between the dier-

ent software ...