Chapter 17
Effort Estimation
Chapter Objectives
This chapter discusses the following concepts:
• How informal effort estimation techniques are used
• How a general estimation model works
• How the original COCOMO estimation technique fits within the context of the general estimation model
INFORMAL EFFORT ESTIMATION
Effort estimation is an essential part of all project planning. In Chapter 16 we introduced PERT as a method to obtain a weighted estimate of estimates of a task. Estimation of any kind of work that involves some amount of design is more of an art than a science, however, because so many parameters affect the actual estimation that ...
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