| Estimation by analogy is one of the most popular ways to estimate software cost and effort. While comparing similarities between the new and old projects provides a great way to estimate, results could still be inaccurate from overlooking differences between the two projects especially if the grounds of dissimilarity are fairly important. To build on the estimation by analogy approach while accounting for differences between projects, USC-CSE has created Agile COCOMO-II, a cost estimation tool that is based on COCOMO-II. It uses analogy based estimation to generate accurate results while being very simple to use and easy to learn. In this paper, we discuss motivation for the program, the program's structure, the results of our research, and provide insight into the future direction of this tool. |
