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2.0 Unit 2 Overview: Software Project Planning

Lesson 9 of 24 in the free Software Engineering notes on Siksha Sarovar, written by Rohit Jangra.

Unit II — Overview: Software Project Planning

Unit II answers the most management-heavy questions in software engineering:

  1. How big is this software going to be? — Size estimation (LOC, Function Points, Halstead)
  2. How long will it take and what will it cost? — Effort and cost estimation (COCOMO)
  3. What could go wrong? — Risk management (identification, assessment, control)

Learning outcomes

After Unit II you should be able to:

  • Define and classify software metrics (product, process, project)
  • Compute Lines of Code (LOC) and explain its limitations
  • Compute Function Points from a feature breakdown
  • Apply Halstead's software science measures
  • Estimate effort with all three COCOMO models (basic, intermediate, complete)
  • Identify, assess and control project risks using an RMMM plan

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Chapter mapping (IPU)

  • TB1 (K.K. Aggarwal): Chapters 1, 4
  • TB2 (Sommerville): cost estimation chapters

Typical exam weight

Unit II is the numerical question unit. Expect at least one calculation question (LOC, FP or COCOMO) worth 12.5 marks. Theory questions on risk and metrics types are also frequent.

Common PYQ patterns:

  • Compute Function Points given the following counts... — 12.5 marks
  • Calculate effort using COCOMO basic / intermediate model — 12.5 marks
  • What are software metrics? Classify with examples — short answer
  • What is risk management? Explain RMMM plan — 12.5 marks