Author(s)

Beata Czarnacka-Chrobot

Institute of Information Technology and Digital Economy, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland.

This paper aims to present a case study that consists in the analysis of work effort per unit of software systems Development and Enhancement Projects (D&EP) depending on technological factors. That analysis was commissioned by one of the largest public institutions in Poland. This is the COSMIC (Common Software Measurement International Consortium) function points method that is chosen by this institution as a point of reference for size of software systems developed/enhanced for supporting its functions and therefore this method is the base for the analysis of D&EP work effort per unit with regard to technological factors.

Software Systems Development and Enhancement Projects; Work Effort per Unit; Functional Size Measurement; COSMIC Method; IFPUG Method

B. Czarnacka-Chrobot, "Analysis of Software Development and Enhancement Projects Work Effort per Unit Based on the COSMIC Method with Regard to Technological Factors—Case Study," Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 6 No. 11, 2013, pp. 597-609. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2013.611072.