The Cocomo page, part of the Plandata Editor, allows you to manage COCOMO estimations for your projects.
The CO nstructive CO st MO del COCOMO cost estimation model is used by thousands of software project managers, and is based on a study of hundreds of software projects. Unlike other cost estimation models, COCOMO is an open model, so all of the details are published, including:
- The underlying cost estimation equations
- Every assumption made in the model (e.g. "the project will enjoy good management")
- Every definition (e.g. the precise definition of the Product Design phase of a project)
- The costs included in an estimate are explicitly stated (e.g. project managers are included, secretaries aren't)
COCOMO II is the latest major extension to the original COCOMO (COCOMO 81) model published in 1981. COCOMO consists of three submodels, each one offering increased fidelity the further along one is in the project planning and design process. Listed in increasing fidelity, these submodels are called the Applications Composition, Early Design, and Post-architecture models.
