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A Comparative Study of Three Test Effort Estimation Methods

Authors :
Natália França Felipe
Raphael Pena Cavalcanti
Eduardo Habib Bechelane Maia
Weber Porto Amaral
Augusto Campos Farnese
Leonardo Daniel Tavares
Eustáquio São José de Faria
Clarindo Isaias Pereira da Silva e Padua
Wilson de Pádua Paula Filho
Source :
Revista Cubana de Ciencias Informáticas, Vol 8, Iss Especial, Pp 1-13 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas, 2014.

Abstract

Effort estimation is a big challenge for those trying to manage a project. In a software development project, testing is essential to assure product quality. However, it is a time consuming activity, and its work must be estimated for successful project execution. In our research, we concentrate our efforts on comparing some known methods of test effort estimation. So, this paper aims to analyze three different test effort estimation methods and compare them with the effort spent on real projects. Firstly we compare two widely used effort estimation methods: Test Point Analysis (TPA) and Use Case Points (UCP). Thereafter, we create an artificial neural network (ANN) based on the TPA, trained to estimate the testing work in software development projects, and compare it with pure TPA, to check which of them results in better estimates. Analyzing the experiment results, we concluded that the neural networks gave the best results, followed by TPA and then UCP.

Details

Language :
Spanish; Castilian
ISSN :
19941536, 22271899, and 32233361
Volume :
8
Issue :
Especial
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista Cubana de Ciencias Informáticas
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f32233361554452ea5a3d61db19c316b
Document Type :
article