• DocumentCode
    1143457
  • Title

    Avoiding Irrelevant and Misleading Information When Estimating Development Effort

  • Author

    Jorgensen, Magne ; Grimstad, Stein

  • Author_Institution
    Simula Res. Lab., Lysaker
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    83
  • Abstract
    Software projects average about 30 percent accuracy in effort estimation.1 Expecting highly accurate effort estimates might be unrealistic because software development projects are inherently uncertain. Nevertheless, software professionals´ tendency toward overly optimistic estimates and their high level of estimation inconsistency suggest potential for improving effort estimation processes.
  • Keywords
    software cost estimation; software development management; software cost estimation; software development project; Costs; Laboratories; Programming; Recruitment; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Testing; effort estimation; estimation irrelevant information; software development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2008.57
  • Filename
    4497769
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1143457