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The document outlines the COCOMO model for estimating software project effort and development time based on project type: Organic, Semidetached, and Embedded. It describes an application of the model for a Library Information System project, categorizing it as Organic due to the small team size and high experience level, estimating an effort of approximately 27 person-months and a development time of about 9 months. The calculations utilize specific constants for the Organic category to derive these estimates from an anticipated project size of 10 KLOC.

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WEEK_5_EXPERIMENT

The document outlines the COCOMO model for estimating software project effort and development time based on project type: Organic, Semidetached, and Embedded. It describes an application of the model for a Library Information System project, categorizing it as Organic due to the small team size and high experience level, estimating an effort of approximately 27 person-months and a development time of about 9 months. The calculations utilize specific constants for the Organic category to derive these estimates from an anticipated project size of 10 KLOC.

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WEEK 5 EXPERIMENT

5. AIM: Consider any application, using COCOMO model, estimate the


effort.

In COCOMO, projects are categorized into three types:

1. Organic

2. Semidetached

3. Embedded

1.Organic: A development project can be treated of the organic type, if the


project deals with developing a well-understood application program, the size of
the development team is reasonably small, and the team members are
experienced in developing similar methods of projects. Examples of this type of
projects are simple business systems, simple inventory management systems,
and data processing systems.

2. Semidetached: A development project can be treated with semidetached type


if the development consists of a mixture of experienced and inexperienced staff.
Team members may have finite experience in related systems but may be
unfamiliar with some aspects of the order being developed. Example of
Semidetached system includes developing a new operating system (OS), a
Database Management System (DBMS), and complex inventory management
system.

3. Embedded: A development project is treated to be of an embedded type, if


the software being developed is strongly coupled to complex hardware, or if the
stringent regulations on the operational method exist. For Example: ATM, Air
Traffic control.

For three product categories, a different set of expression is provided to predict


effort (in a unit of person month)and development time from the size of
estimation in KLOC(Kilo Line of code) efforts estimation takes into account the
productivity loss due to holidays, weekly off, coffee breaks, etc.
Effort: a * (Size)b person-month

Time for development: 2.5 * (Effort)c month


The value of the constants a, b, c are given below:

Software project a b c
Organic 2.4 1.05 0.38
Semi-detached 3.0 1.12 0.35
Embedded 3.6 1.20 0.32

Application of COCOMO Model:

The Institute has a IT management team of its own. This team has been given
the task to execute the Library Information System project. The team consists of
a few experts from industry, and a batch of highly qualified engineers
experienced with design and implementation of information systems. It is
planned that the current project will be undertaken by a small team consisting of
one expert and few engineers. Actual team composition would be determined in
a later stage.

Using COCOMO and based on the team size (small) and experience (high), the
concerned project could be categorized as "organic". The experts, based on their
prior experience, suggested that the project size could roughly be around 10
KLOC. This would serve as the basis for estimation of different project
parameters using basic COCOMO, as shown below:

Effort = a * (KLOC)b PM
Tdev = 2.5 * (Effort)c Months
For organic category of project the values of a, b, c are 2.4, 1.05, 0.38
respectively. So, the projected effort required for this project becomes
Effort = 2.4 * (10)1.05 PM
= 27 PM (approx)
So, around 27 person-months are required to complete this project. With this
calculated value for effort we can also approximate the development time
required:
Tdev = 2.5 * (27)0.38 Months
= 8.7 Months (approx)
So, the project is supposed to be complete by nine months.

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