Consider the COCOMO project effort estimation methodology. Consider a software project that you estimated at 2 KLOC in size, believe that it should be Organic mode, and the arithmetic product of the 15 cost-drivers or PROD(f’s) is 1.2. What is the estimated effort in person months?

Consider the COCOMO project effort estimation methodology.
Consider a software project that you estimated at 2 KLOC in size, believe that it should be Organic mode, and the arithmetic product of the 15 cost-drivers or PROD(f’s) is 1.2. What is the estimated effort in person months?


Answer: Effort  =  3.2 x (2)1.05 x 1.2   =  approximately 7.95 person months