Statistics: (10665 Views) (6 Comments) Posted by: sehlhorst on Monday, August 25, 2008 Categories: Business Analysis Planning (BABOK KA), Requirements Analysis (BABOK KA), xxx> MS Excel, Estimation

Estimating the amount of work required to deliver software is hard. Estimating the amount of work in the very early stages of a project is even harder. A method was developed to estimate the amount of work required by analyzing what the system will allow its users to do. That method is called Estimating With Use Case Points.

Introduction

The cost estimation technique of use case points evaluates the following factors to determine an estimate of cost:

1. Technical Factors of the Implementation. Primarily non-functional requirements of the system.
2. Environmental Factors. Mostly characterizing the implementation team, but touching on process as well.
3. Use Case Quantity and Complexity. The number of use cases and the number of steps within the use cases.
4. Actor Quantity and Complexity. The number and type of actors and interface.
5. Effort Estimation. The previously collected data is converted into man-hours.
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Author: Scott Sehlhorst