Duvessa Software's Estimate Easy UC Supports COCOMO II Application Composition Model

Estimate with use case points and COCOMO II

LEESPORT, PA (PRWEB) May 11, 2004 -- Duvessa Software, a 2004 Jolt Productivity Award winner, has announced support for the COCOMO II Application Composition Model.

The COCOMO II Application Composition Model is based on object points, which counts the number of screens, reports and 3GL modules, and weights them based on complexity. It also takes into account developer productivity and the amount of component re-use. This model is well suited to prototyping, which can help resolve high-risk issues early in the lifecycle -- before it's too late. Object points which are relatively new, are well suited to environments that use CASE tools, software development tools and re-usable components,

Fred Rahmanian, CTO of Duvessa software says, "Our software development environments are rapidly changing. We have new processes, products and increased pressure to deliver on time, within budget and to satisfy our customers. By adding the COCOMO II Application Model to EEUC, we have given project managers, analysts and developers a more robust way to meet these goals."

By combining EEUC's existing use case point method, with COCOMO II, software development teams can create better estimates as the team's knowledge grows. The team starts the estimation effort by using use case points and then re-estimates using COCOMO II as they gain more knowledge about the project.

Users still have the capability to perform unlimited what-if scenarios and add, modify and delete use case factors. In addition, users can also modify the default parameters that are suggested by the COCOMO II originators. This allows any organization to customize EEUC to their specific needs.

EEUC is a comprehensive and easy to use, use case and COCOMO II estimation tool that imports data from Rational Roseâ, IBM Rational XDE®, IBM Rational RequisiteProâ, Microsoft Visioâ and XMI 1.1 files.

Download a free trial version of Estimate Easy UC from http://www.duvessa.com.

About Duvessa Software

Duvessa Software is a privately held company dedicated to the development of tools for agile software teams. Duvessa Software offers Estimate Easy UC in Professional and Enterprise editions. Duvessa Software also offers object-oriented analysis and design, use case development and requirements consulting. For more information visit www.duvessa.com.

Contact

Duvessa Software

Fred Rahmanian

Leesport, PA

info@duvessa.com

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