Three empirical studies on estimating the design effort of Web applications
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
A COSMIC-FFP approach to predict web application development effort
Journal of Web Engineering
A systematic review of web resource estimation
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering
The role of systematic reviews in identifying the state of the art in web resource estimation
Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Evidential assessment of software technologies
Realising web effort estimation: a qualitative investigation
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
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In the field of Software Engineering, several empirical methods have been developed to model software projects before they are undertaken to provide an estimate of required effort, development time and cost.In the case of web applications, this process is complicated by their complexity, multi-tiered nature, extensive use of non-code artifacts such as multimedia and often short time-scales.In this paper we describe a simple, highly adaptable model using COSMIC Full Function Points for application size measurement and design patterns as a measurement reference. Rather than a true derived model the aim is to provide a procedural framework for expert judgement which guide the practitioner through the estimation process, seeking to limit or mitigate variance in their judgement through algorithmic or statistical techniques.This hybrid has so far proven as accurate as expert judgement while remaining capable of application by a relatively inexperienced estimator.