Title :
Optimism Bias: It´s effect on Software Project estimates and designs
Abstract :
This paper looks at the effect of Optimism Bias on Software Project Estimates and Design. The paper highlights how we can mitigate risks arising from such Biases by combining the usage of Debiasing, Reference Class Forecasting and Sensemaking-Coeveolution-Implementation Framework.
Keywords :
design engineering; project management; risk management; software cost estimation; debiasing; optimism bias effect; reference class forecasting; risk mitigation; sensemaking-coeveolution-implementation framework; software project designs; software project estimation; Abstracts; Australia; Computer science; Europe; Planning; Psychology; Software; Optimism Bias; Project Management; Software Design; Waterfall model;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2012 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0241-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2012.6295246