Knowledge Based Micro-Estimation in Task Arrangement for Cooperative Global Software Design

Communication and coordination are main factors impacting global software design. As a result, task estimation and task scheduling should be well performed so as to reduce the impact of communication delay and promote the coordination. Accurate duration and cost estimation is critical so far, there are many variables for accurate estimate of cost or duration including the type of application and domain, the environment, the team organization, people´s expertise, the culture involved, and the relationship between all stakeholders. This paper presents a micro-estimation solution based on historic project data so as to well arrange tasks in cooperative global software design. PERT technique has been adopted, and the veracity of the estimation can be identified and adjusted