Use case point estimation technique in software development

Abstract

Software Projects are developed with the prior requirements and should be capable to complete on time under a fixed budget but it gets late to delivered, gets over-budget and even not able to meet user expectations. In agile approach, the estimation of software depends on expert opinion or on any historical data which is used as the input to previous methods like planning poker. The accuracy in estimation is the primary goal of any development but various factors related to environment and technical complexity which may further alleviate the size and effort of a project. Previously proposed estimation models were successful in estimation but lacks due to some obstacles such as less accuracy and customer satisfaction as per the requirement, other factors such as complexity, risk tracking and estimation. This paper emphasizes on a new algorithmic approach to estimate considering Environment and Technical factors so as to have a more accuracy with the use cases under agile development.