Harman Patil (Editor)I love reading books and watching sci fi flicks Cost estimation in software engineeringUpdated on Apr 25, 2026EditLikeCommentShareShare on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditSign inMethodsMethods for estimation in software engineering include this principles:COCOMO, the first version known as COCOMO 81 and the second as COCOMO™ II COSYSMO Evidence-based Scheduling Refinement of typical agile estimating techniques using minimal measurement and total time accounting. Function Point Analysis Parametric Estimating The Planning Game (from Extreme Programming) ITK method, also known as Method CETIN Proxy-based estimating (PROBE) (from the Personal Software Process) Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Putnam_model, also known as SLIM PRICE Systems Founders of Commercial Parametric models that estimates the scope, cost, effort and schedule for software projects. SEER-SEM Parametric Estimation of Effort, Schedule, Cost, Risk. Minimum time and staffing concepts based on Brooks's law The Use Case Points method (UCP) Weighted Micro Function Points (WMFP) Wideband Delphi More Alchetron TopicsReferencesCost estimation in software engineering Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SASimilar Topics