ANALOGY OF SOFTWARE EFFORT AND COST ESTIMATION

Abstract

There is an increasing growth and demand of Web for completing business processes. The effort and cost estimation approach helps the companies to complete their web development projects with in time and budget. This paper examines the literature on Effort and Cost Estimation Techniques for Web applications. This paper provides a systematic review of previous web estimation studies particularly focusing on estimation, factors &methods of Estimation, Tools and models of Estimation. The paper reviews the progress and direct future research in this area.Main findings were that: (1) The estimation methods in most frequent use are expert judgement-based. (2) Structured review of typical software effort estimation terminology in software engineering textbooks and software estimation research papers. The review process provides the evidence that the term ‘effort estimate’ is frequently used without sufficient clarification of its meaning, and that estimation accuracy is often evaluated without ensuring that the estimated and the actual effort are comparable.