23rd International COCOMO Forum
Survey
Contact: Ali Afzal Malik
alimalik@usc.edu
Predicting UNDR Using COCOMO II Model Drivers
The understandability of a software system (UNDR) is defined as the degree of clarity of
the purpose and requirements of that system to the developers of that system at the end of
the (MBASE/RUP) Inception phase. We have identified the following COCOMO II
model drivers as having a significant influence on UNDR.
S#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Model Driver
PREC
RESL
CPLX
ACAP
PCAP
APEX
PLEX
LTEX
Description
Product precedentedness
Architecture/Risk resolution
Product complexity
Analyst capability
Programmer capability
Applications experience
Platform experience
Language and tool experience
Please fill the table below by ranking each of the above COCOMO II model drivers on a
scale of 1 (least important) to 5 (most important). If you feel that a particular model
driver does not influence UNDR please check the last column (N/A). Also, if you think
that some other COCOMO II model driver (apart from the eight above) influences
UNDR then please mention it in the last rows that have been left empty for this purpose.
S#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Model Driver
PREC
RESL
CPLX
ACAP
PCAP
APEX
PLEX
LTEX
1
2
Weight
3 4 5
N/A
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