COSMIC overcomes major limitations of IFPUG Function Point COSMIC is second generation functional size measurement method used for accurate estimation of business applications, realtime systems - embedded systems, process control, avionics, operating systems etc. ISO has approved COSMIC as International standard ISO/IEC 19761.
The COSMIC method is recognized by ISBSG – International Standard Benchmarking Software Group for productivity benchmarking and is widely used as the input for estimating
The British Computer Society has recognized in July 2006 has recognized COSMIC as one of its ‘Technology Award Medallist’ in the ‘Services’ category. The winner in each category will be announced on Dec. 7 in London (UK).