#Cocomo model software#
Intermediate COCOMO: an extension of the Basic model that computes software development effort by adding a set of “cost drivers,” that will determine the effort and duration of the project, such as assessments of personnel and hardware.Embedded Mode: Development projects must fit into a rigid set of requirements because the software is to be embedded in a strongly joined complex of hardware, software, regulations and operating procedures.The project has characteristics of both projects for Organic Mode and projects for Embedded Mode. The software requires no more than 300,000 DSIs. Semidetached Mode: Development projects typically are more complicated than in Organic Mode and involve teams of people with mixed levels of experience.The planned software is not considered innovative and requires a relatively small amount of DSIs (typically under 50,000). Organic Mode: Development projects typically are uncomplicated and involve small experienced teams.There are three modes within Basic COCOMO: Basic COCOMO: computes software development effort and cost as a function of program size expressed in estimated DSIs.
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There are three levels in the COCOMO hierarchy: The logic behind FP is the size of software product directly dependent upon the number of different functions or features it support.Short for Constructive Cost Model, a method for evaluating and/or estimating the cost of softwaredevelopment.The advantage of FP is that it can be used to easily estimate the size of a software product directly from problem specification.So in order to find loc modules are sub divided into sub modules and so on until the size of leaf level module can be approximately predicted.Counting the values for LOC at the beginning of the project is difficult but at the end it is simple.
#Cocomo model code#
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#Cocomo model drivers#
In detailed COCOMO, the effort is calculated as function of program size and a set of cost drivers given according to each phase of software life cycle.Ī Detailed project schedule is never static. These Phase Sensitive effort multipliers are each to determine the amount of effort required to complete each phase.
#Cocomo model driver#
The detailed model uses different effort multipliers for each cost driver attribute.
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Where, KLOC is the estimated number of delivered lines (expressed in thousands ) of code for project. People required (P) = Effort Applied / Development Time It is also combination of organic and semi-detached projects.(hardware, software, operational)Įffort Applied (E) = a b(KLOC) b b ĭevelopment Time (D) = c b(Effort Applied) d b
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Program size is expressed in estimated thousands of source lines of code (SLOC)ĬOCOMO applies to three classes of software projects: Most of the other COCOMO results, including the estimates for Requirements and Maintenance, are derived from this quantity.īasic COCOMO computes software development effort (and cost) as a function of program size. The most fundamental calculation in the COCOMO model is the use of the Effort Equation to estimate the number of Person-Months required to develop a project.