Hopefully, this study will help software organizations to use this tool not only to predict ESCP but also to predict an exact impact of SDPI. This research has contributed towards software industry by giving a reliable and low-cost mechanism for generating prediction models with high prediction accuracy. Many project managers used to negotiate project costs with trade-off triangle and trade-off matrix in terms of product functionality, quality, and schedule. You can see scaling factors descriptions in Appendix B. It derived a verifiable equation for calculating ISF (Ideal Scale Factor) and tuned the COCOMO-II model to bring prediction capability for SDPI (benefit measurement classes) such as ESCP (Effort, Schedule, Cost, and Productivity). Model-driven adjustment of scaling factor b is new in COCOMO II model and reflects latest trends in software engineering. made with five scale factors as well as the improvement in the Ada COCOMO model.
In extension to our previously done research reported elsewhere for Pakistani software development organizations which has quantified benefits of SDPI (Software Development Process Improvement), this research has used sixty-two datasets from three different software development organizations against the set of metrics used in COCOMO-II (Constructive Cost Model 2000). If COCOMO II modeling of cannot be accomplished, then the pre-existing.
However, there are few tools available to assist in making predictions, they are too expensive and could not cover dataset that reflect the cultural behavior of organizations for software development in developing countries. COCOMO 2 Is dependent on the program size in sloc and a set of cost drivers and Scale Factors given according to each phase of software life cycle. the explanation of its quantities, estimating equations, scale factors. The aim of this study is to develop a tool which could be used to present an actual picture of Software Process Improvement benefits in front of the software development companies. Its influence is less than the personnel capability of the team, about the same as product complexity (CPLX), and higher than other COCOMO cost drivers.
standard like ISO (International Standard Organization) or CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) in spite of having scarce resources and tools. Using it as a scale factor appears to provide a stronger influence on effort than as a multiplicative factor. In order to compete in the international software development market the software organizations have to adopt internationally accepted software practices i.e.