Project Estimation With Use Case Points

Since use cases consist of the strategic goals and scenarios that provide value to a business domain, they can also provide insight into a project’s complexity and required resources. Learn more about project estimation with use case point below:

An introduction to project estimation with Use Case Points:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/usecasep.aspx

This article provides another introduction to the Use Case Points method:
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2006/02/0602Clemmons.pdf


Test effort estimation with Use Case Points may be found @ http://www.cognizant.com/html/content/cogcommunity/Test_Effort_Estimation.pdf

This article summarizes a suggested guideline that has been derived from real software specification cases by the software developer sd&m: http://www.sdm.at/web4archiv/objects/download/pdf/1/frohnhoff-ucpspezformate_english.pdf

The aim of this paper is to provide guidance for other organizations that want to improve their estimation process applying use cases: http://www.idi.ntnu.no/emner/tdt4290/docs/faglig/uml2001-anda.pdf

Improving Consistency of Use Case Points Estimates @ http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2008/03/0803Coe.html

There is also a shareware tool called UCPPal 1.0 which may be obtained from http://www.softrecipe.com/Business-Finance/Project-Management/ucppal.html