The document discusses software cost estimation, including predicting resources needed for software development. It introduces fundamentals of software costing and pricing, describes metrics for assessing software productivity, and explains why different techniques should be used for estimation. The document also outlines topics to be covered, such as productivity, estimation techniques, algorithmic cost modeling, and how to determine project duration and staffing needs.

1. Software cost estimation
Predicting the resources
required for a software
development process
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2. Objectives
To introduce the fundamentals of software
costing and pricing
To describe three metrics for software
productivity assessment
To explain why different techniques should be
used for software estimation
To describe the COCOMO 2 algorithmic cost
estimation model
Nitin V Pujari B.E – CS - Software Engineering – Software Cost Estimation Slide 2