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Software Development Effort Estimation

Producing accurate estimation of software development effort is a challenge with a high impact on the project organization and schedule. Currently, it still often relies on past experience.

Expertise

CETIC has developed an expertise in this area based on the COSMIC 3.0, one one of the largely used methods of sizing software estimation. COSMIC 3.0 is based on objective criteria and rules allowing repetitiveness of measures. The method is applicable early in the software lifecycle, already at specifications level and it is completely independent of software development technologies and methods.

Services

The following effort estimation services are provided:
- Functional size, effort and cost estimation for sizing internal development or as part of a invitation to tender process
- Training IT companies in software functional size and development effort estimation

Success stories

Successful effort estimation a wide-scale web application for a European commission administration and a modular application to be used jointly by five Belgian federal and regional parliaments