Case Study: a large software project reduces requirements risk and avoids $30m in rework with ScopeMaster

Large Software Project - Customer Case Study

A large software project, implementing a government HR package with complex legal rules, faced significant risks from unclear and defective requirements that threatened major budget overruns and potential legal costs. To address this, the customer used ScopeMaster to analyze and automatically size their requirements in COSMIC Function Points to generate a reliable cost estimate.

ScopeMaster analyzed 2,300 requirements in under an hour, exposing over 3,000 defects and estimating the project's functional size. This analysis revealed a nearly certain $30 million cost overrun if the defects were not fixed prior to coding. By using ScopeMaster to identify and rectify these issues early, the project is avoiding that $30 million in rework costs for an investment of less than $500,000, demonstrating massive risk reduction and cost savings.