A new estimation methodology for reusable component-based software development projects

Estimating the duration of software development projects is a difficult task. There are many factors that can derail software projects. However, estimation forms the fundamental part of planning and costing any project and is therefore very necessary. While several formal estimation methodologies exist, they all exhibit weaknesses in one form or another. The most established methodologies are based on early software development methods and it is questionable as to whether they can still address more modern development methods such as reusable component-based programming. Some researchers believe not and have proposed new methodologies that attempt to achieve this. Thus what is needed is a methodology that takes into account modern component-based development practices and, as a result, provides acceptable accuracy for the software organisation. This dissertation attempts to uniquely satisfy both of these requirements.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Information Systems

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Court, Cliff

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Licker, Paul

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9708

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9708