Complexity estimation of egovernment applications development

ABSTRACT

The area of applications development for government purposes can be characterized as very specific. Projects are usually more complex and there are some other differences in comparison with private projects. This paper aims to highlight the differences in the area of software development complexity estimation. A supplier who develops an information system or an e-Government application for government would have to consider a number of issues that are not important for classical projects. One of them is the political cycle, when many change requirements appear in the situation of government replacement. The paper introduces a method of complexity estimation and its use for e-Government.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.8 Metrics
          Subjects: Complexity measures

General Terms:
Measurement

Keywords:
BORM points, COCOMO, complexity estimation, customer requirements, development of information system, e-government application, function and feature points, political cycle, use case points