Title :
Integrating risk assessment with cost estimation
Author_Institution :
Nokia Res. Center, Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
Incorporating hard data into risk estimates can help make them more accurate. The author developed a quantitative method and a corresponding tool that draw on questionnaires and project history to help calculate software project risk contingencies: RiskMethod and RiskTool
Keywords :
risk management; software cost estimation; software development management; RiskMethod; RiskTool; cost estimation; project history; quantitative method; questionnaires; risk assessment; risk estimates; software project risk contingencies; Computer industry; Cost function; Costs; Feedback; History; Monitoring; Risk analysis; Risk management; Software testing; Software tools; Springs; Standards activities;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
