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Advanced COCOMO Model

The Advanced COCOMO model estimates software development effort based on program size and cost drivers weighted for each phase of the software lifecycle. It applies the Intermediate COCOMO model at the component level and then consolidates the estimate using four phases: requirements, design, coding and testing. Each cost driver, like analyst capability, is assigned a multiplier for each phase based on its level, as shown in an example table. The model parameters must be customized for a specific organization and require a detailed cost data database.

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Advanced COCOMO Model

The Advanced COCOMO model estimates software development effort based on program size and cost drivers weighted for each phase of the software lifecycle. It applies the Intermediate COCOMO model at the component level and then consolidates the estimate using four phases: requirements, design, coding and testing. Each cost driver, like analyst capability, is assigned a multiplier for each phase based on its level, as shown in an example table. The model parameters must be customized for a specific organization and require a detailed cost data database.

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Advanced COCOMO model

The Advanced COCOMO model computes effort as a function of program size and a set of cost drivers weighted according to each phase of the software lifecycle. The Advanced model applies the Intermediate model at the component level, and then a phase-based approach is used to consolidate the estimate (Fenton, 1997). The 4 phases used in the detailed COCOMO model are: requirements planning and product design (RPD), detailed design (DD), code and unit test (CUT), and integration and test (IT). Each cost driver is broken down by phase as in the example shown in Table 6 (Boehm, 1981).

Cost Driver

Rating

RPD

DD

CUT

IT

Very Low

1.80

1.35

1.35

1.50

Low

0.85

0.85

0.85

1.20

ACAP

Nominal

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

High

0.75

0.90

0.90

0.85

Very High

0.55

0.75

0.75

0.70

All numbers in cost model are organization specific. The parameters of the model must be modified to adapt it to local needs A statistically significant database of detailed cost information is necessary

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