Multi-criteria Approach for Agile Software Cost Estimation Model

The proposed work is to focus on the various factors affecting the people-oriented environment that will lead to more acceptable agile software cost estimation model. The estimation being a multi-valued, concurrent, functional and logical process, several medium and small-scale software development organizations are facing a major problem in arriving at a robust estimation model. The most appropriate software cost estimation in an agile environment is a complex problem due to different levels of customer requirements, quality attributes and varying individual processes or personal capabilities. The core idea is to model such a software cost estimation process with a number of constraints imposed by stakeholders and environmental characteristics thereby satisfying multitudinous criteria using concurrent constraint programming. The impact of agile software development environment on the cost and completion time of software product leads to a robust estimation model. The proposed estimation model enhances the level of visibility in the planning stage that encourages the team spirit and organization improvements in the long run, as compared with traditional estimation methods.