Title :
Estimation Tools and Techniques
Author :
Buglione, Luigi ; Ebert, Christof
Author_Institution :
Eng.IT SpA, Italy
Abstract :
Estimating size or resources is one of the most important topics in software engineering and IT. You won´t deliver according to expectations if you don´t plan, and you can´t plan if you don´t know the underlying dependencies and estimates. This column is an overview of estimation. It covers estimation methods and provides an overview and evaluation of popular estimation tools.
Keywords :
software engineering; IT; estimation techniques; estimation tools; software engineering; Databases; Estimation; Software measurement; benchmarking; estimation; software tools;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
