CS446

• Assignment 5a - use an existing tool for implementing software cost estimation techniques

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• Assignment 5b - build a tool implementing sofware risk management techniques.

Assignment 5a:

Use of a software cost estimation tool:

• The COCOMO II.1999 software tool can be downloaded from "http://sunset.usc.edu/COCOMOII/cocomo.html#downloads"
• You are free to use the associated on-line documentation namely
  • COCOMO II Model Definition Manual,1999
  • USC COCOMO II Reference Manual, 1999
• Deliverables for this assignment are:
  • Answers to all questions and reasons for your choices of the estimation model input parameters
  • Printouts of the results generated by the software tool.

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  Assignment 5b:

  Build a tool implementing risk management techniques:

  You are asked to build a (Java) tool implementing software risk management techniques. The tool implements the decisional framework (DF) described in the handouts for assignment 5b.

  Deliverables:
  - Describe the tool design and implementation (use plain text and/or diagrams).
  - Describe how the tool should be used for risk management in software projects.
  - Provide the path to the source code (be sure the proper access rights are set).
  - Give your own test example to show how the tool works.

  Hint: you may use the examples from the handouts to test your tool.

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  Grading

  Both assignments can be done in teams of two, and you can just hand in one documentation per team.

  The assignments are due as to Friday, Dec.3 at 3:15 pm. Assignments handed in after this date and time shall not be considered for the final grading.