As the manager of the IT group at your insurance firm, you have been asked to develop a cost estimate for upgrades to the computerized accident-reporting and claims adjustment system you have in place. Your system is basic, without many features, but it needs some general modifications, based on complaints from customers and claims adjusters at your firm. You know that your programmer is capable of handling 3 function points in a person-month and your programmer makes $60,000, so her cost is $5,000 per month. The costs for the project are based on the following requirements:

The complexity weighting for these functions follows a standard formula:

a. Calculate the total estimated number of function points for this project.
b. What is the total expected cost of the project?

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Number of Screens Function Input Output Interfaces Queries Files Complexity Low Low Mediumm Medium Low 10 Complexity Weighting High Function Number of Inputs Number of Outputs Number of Interfaces Number of Queries Number of Files Low Medium Total 10× 20 x