Menu format provides the simplest and most efficient estimate control.

Summary window shows current estimate results.

Status bar identifies task and template information. 

Contains 6 dialog tabs to completely describe the development task and environment.

Management template preloads tabs 1-4 when requested.

Product template preloads tabs 5-6 when requested.

Allows nominal and worst case estimates for each parameter.

Each parameter has infinite resolution between minimum and maximum range values.  

Detailed parameter info available at mouse click without resorting to user help.

Comments can be added to parameter info for reference.

Experience parameters allow experience category input and experience level input to determine parameter values.

Detailed parameter info available at mouse click without resorting to user help.

Comments can be added to parameter info for reference.

Experience parameters allow experience category input and experience level input to determine parameter values.

Nominal and worst case estimate based on specified probability of completion.

Determines cost and schedule for each development phase at nominal and worst case.

Determines cost and schedule risk.

Determines productivity and other estimate validity (sanity check) information.

Estimate accounts for size growth (none, mean, maximum)

Incremental cost and effort by fiscal unit (month, quarter or year) adjusted to fiscal unit start dates.

Reports only selected activities (requirements development and support, full scale development, integration and test, and/or total activity).

Can be printed (tabular) and or plotted.

Development milestones can be plotted

Unique Sage capability.

Determined by task maturity, complexity, size variance, and reuse level.  

Estimates both physical and effective size growth.

Estimate determined from total size, annual change traffic, complexity and maintenance environment.

Maintenance cost and effort reported by fiscal unit (month, quarter or year).  Each reporting period is adjusted to fiscal unit start dates.

An indispensable tool (calculator) for rapidly determining project cost and schedule performance under varied conditions and constraints (what-if estimates).

Pop-up calculator is initialized to current project parameters.  Does not destroy current project data during quick estimates.

Calculates both nominal and worst case project performance.

A unique Sage capability.

Allows the estimator to compare project actual cost and schedule to estimated results.

Provides feedback to aid estimator understanding of differences between estimate parameters and actual results (estimator training).

Provides suggestions for environment parameter value improvements to reduce errors in estimates and templates.

A unique Sage capability.

Allows the estimator to compare estimate with historic data ranges for projects of similar type.

Project taxonomy is input to select similar project type

Provides feedback to aid estimator understanding of differences between estimate parameters and historic  results (estimator training).

Provides suggestions to estimator for environment parameter value and complexity rating improvements to reduce errors in estimates and templates.

A unique Sage capability.

Allows the estimator to compare data point cost, schedule, and productivity figures with historic data norm for similar projects for normalization and consistency.

Data point taxonomy is input by user to select similar project type.

Provides feedback to aid estimator understanding of differences between data point and similar results from historic data.

Provides a confidence rating (0 - 100) for data point. Low scores indicate data point is not consistent with historic project norms.