The Software Costs Estimation Based on UML Model

UML is a standard modeling language used in object-oriented analysis and design. Function point analysis is a method used to measure the size of an application, It is independent of the implementation programming language. Its measuring result can be compared between different development processes. This paper presents a method to use the requirements analysis model of UML to analysis the application‘s function points, so software developer can use it to estimate the project‘s size and cost. An improved method is given at the end of this paper.