Computer program for estimating software development effort

摘要

Estimate for proposals and other customer requests which preclude an extensive up front investment in expert opinion and design. Steps of creating Use classes (Figure 4, #405), classifying the Use classes (Figure 4, #410), counting the number of times a macro pattern is applied to the different Use classes (Figure 4, #415) and multiplying each macro pattern by a metric producing a macro pattern product (Figure 4, #420). Summing the macro pattern products to produce an estimate of effort (Figure 4, #425).