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From: marc@metavax.UUCP (Marc Paige)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Question for COCOMO users
Message-ID: <3734@metavax.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 89 21:01:42 GMT
References: <30797@cs.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: marc@metavax.UUCP (Marc Paige)
Organization: Meta Systems, Ltd. -- Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <30797@cs.tcd.ie> omahony@cs.tcd.ie (Donal O'Mahony - OMAHONY@cs.tcd.ie) writes:
>I am preparing a short course in Software Cost Estimation in COCOMO,
>::
>In the intermediate model- assuming organic mode development
>
>EFFORTnominal = 2.4(KDSI)**1.05
>
>Effort Multipler = (product of 15 cost drivers)
>
>EFFORTactual  = (Effort Multipler).EFFORTnominal
>
>: So far, so good - the difficulty come in the scheduling equation
>
>which of the following is TRUE?
>
>A)   TDEV = 2.5(EFFORTnominal)**0.38
>or
>B)   TDEV = 2.5(EFFORTactual)**0.38
>
 I believe tha answer is A.  This is from looking back on notes from the
 same book (similar course I hope :-) ).  The organic model in a few pages
 back (pg 85 fig 6-5) shows the formula for MM as EFFORTnominal.


                                        Marc Paige



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