Elements of calculation Hours

Unadjusted Actor Weight Total (UAW) 120

Unadjusted Actor Weight Total (UUCW) 750
Unadjusted Use Case Points (UUCP) 870
Technical Complexity Factor (TCF) 1.24
Environmental Factor (EF) 0.725
Adjusted Use Case Points (UCP) 782.13
PF (Productivity Factor) (13-30 on UCP) 13
Estimated Effort 10167.69

UСP=UUCP*TCF*ECF*PF

UUCP=UUCW+UAW

UUCW = (Total No. of Simple Use Cases x 5) + (Total No. Average Use Case x 10) + (Total No. Co

UAW = (Total No. of Simple actors x 1) + (Total No. Average actors x 2) + (Total No. Complex acto

TCF = 0.6 + (TF/100)

ECF = 1.4 + (-0.03 x EF)

e x 10) + (Total No. Complex Use Cases x 15)

Total No. Complex actors x 3)

Actor Classification Type of Actor Weight Quantity

External system that must interact

Simple with the system using a well- 1 20
defined API
External system that must interact
with the system using standard
Average 2 20
communication protocols (e.g.
TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, database)
Human actor using a GUI
Complex 3 20
application interface
Unadjusted Actor Weight Total (UAW)
Weight x Quantity

20

40

60

120
 Weight x
Use Case Classification No. of Transactions Weight Quantity
Quantity
Simple 1-3 Transactions 5 0 0
Average 4-7 Transactions 10 30 300
Complex >7 Transactions 15 30 450
Unadjusted Actor Weight Total (UUCW) 750
 Assigned Weight x
Factor Description Weight Value Assigned
(0 - 5) Value
T1 Distributed system 2 5 10
Response time/performance
T2 1 5 5
objectives
T3 End-user efficiency 1 5 5

T4 Internal processing complexity 1 3 3

T5 Code reusability 1 5 5
T6 Easy to install 0.5 5 2.5
T7 Easy to use 0.5 5 2.5
T8 Portability to other platforms 2 4 8
T9 System maintenance 1 5 5
T10 Concurrent/parallel processing 1 5 5
T11 Security features 1 5 5

T12 Access for third parties 1 3 3

T13 End user training 1 5 5
Technical Complexity Factor Total (TCF) = 1.24
 Assigned Weight x
Factor Description Weight Value Assigne
(0 - 5) d Value
Familiarity with development
E1 1.5 5 7.5
process used

E2 Application experience 0.5 5 2.5

E3 Object-oriented experience of team 1 5 5

E4 Lead analyst capability 0.5 5 2.5

E5 Motivation of the team 1 5 5

E6 Stability of requirements 2 3 6

E7 Part-time staff -1 3 -3

E8 Difficult programming language -1 3 -3

Environmental Factor Total (EF) 0.725