@Article{SantosFerr:2019:ApCOII,
author = "Santos, Lucas Pereira and Ferreira, Maur{\'{\i}}cio
Gon{\c{c}}alves Vieira",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Applying COCOMO II for a DO-178C safety-critical software effort
estimation",
journal = "Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management",
year = "2019",
volume = "11",
number = "e1819",
keywords = "Software development, Software engineering, Project management,
Engineering management, Cost estimates.",
abstract = "This paper provides a real example of applying COCOMO II as an
estimation technique for the required software development effort
in a safety-critical software application project following the
DO-178C processes. The main goal and contribution of the case
study is to support the research on software effort estimation and
to provide software practitioners with useful data based on a real
project. We applied the method as it is, by correlating the effort
multiplier factors with the complexity and objectives introduced
by the DO-178C level A application, resulting in an estimated
effort. The rationales for each scale factor and effort multiplier
selection were also described in detail. By comparing the
estimated values with the actual required data, we found a
magnitude of relative error (MRE) of 40% and provided alternatives
for future work in order to increase the effort estimation
accuracy in safety-critical software projects.",
doi = "10.5028/jatm.v11.1031",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v11.1031",
issn = "1984-9648",
label = "lattes: 1304704585952173 2 SantosFerr:2019:ApCOII",
language = "en",
targetfile = "2175-9146-jatm-11-e1819.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "03 jun. 2024"
}