Developing Use Cases? Duvessa Software Has Developed A New Tool That Allows Anyone to Create Software Development Estimates Early In the Requirements Phase

Duvessa Software's Estimate Easy UC Allows Anyone to Create Software Development Estimates Early In the Requirements Phase, and Promote On-time Delivery Within Budget

LEESPORT, PA (PRWEB) September 16, 2003 -- Sept 16, 2003 -- Duvessa Software today announced Estimate Easy UC, a powerful, low cost and flexible tool that estimates the software development effort using use case points.

Estimate Easy UC is designed to capture use case data, which is known very early in the requirements phase, before the detailed requirements are discovered. Estimate Easy UC is the first tool to offer the customization of all use case point estimation factors which is then converted to man-power estimates. Recent studies have indicated that use case points produce reliable estimates, which are close to the actual development effort.

Estimate Easy UC allows manual input of actors, use cases, technical and environmental factors to be used for estimation calculation. It also allows users to import UML data, from other sources such as Rational Rose, XMI 1.1 and Microsoft Visio. Use case data can also be imported from Rational RequisitePro. Estimate Easy UC allows the modification of all data and the generation of multiple estimates. Estimating early, teams can identify and mitigate risks early and increase their chances to deliver software on time and within budget. "Estimate Easy UC is easy to use, approachable and flexible. It allows for estimating early and often during the requirements phase which leads to better estimates," says Fred Rahmanian, president and chief technology officer at Duvessa.

It is difficult to estimate the software development effort, especially if developing use cases. All too often, companies waste time, money and resources developing detailed requirements to estimate the effort, only to discover the budget and schedule are not realistic. This typically happens late in the project -- when it may be too late to change the budget, schedule or other resources.

Estimate Easy UC allows for the creation of what-if scenarios. It enables anyone to create multiple scenarios, which depict alternate configurations of actors, use cases and factors and how they impact the estimation of effort.

Estimate Easy UC allows teams to create unlimited use case point projects and generate unlimited man-power estimates and print estimation reports. Finally, Estimate Easy UC includes robust online help and tutorial and is flexible enough to support any size project in any industry.

Download a free trial version of Estimate Easy UC from 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 Easy Estimate 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.

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Fred Rahmanian
Leesport, PA
info@duvessa.com