Section 4Cost-Estimating Adjustment Factors
Software cost estimating is a complex activity with a host of interlocking factors and hundreds of adjustment rules to evaluate. In general, commercial software cost-estimation tools assume that a project is average in every major factor unless the users state otherwise. This means that users need deal only with topics where they know their project will be much better or much worse than normal.
However, there are some adjustments that are so important that industry averages should not be used and, indeed, may even be hazardous. Some of these critical factors where local information should be used in place of industry averages include the following:
Compensation levels for project personnel
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