Title :
A review of effort estimation studies in agile, iterative and incremental software development
Author :
Danh Nguyen-Cong ; De Tran-Cao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Software Eng., Can Tho Univ., Can Tho, Vietnam
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of systematically reviewing the current research literature on effort estimation in agile, iterative and incremental software projects (AIISPs). The primary purpose is to show evidences about common trends, gaps and recommendations for future studies. The results were limited to peer-reviewed conference papers/journal articles, written in English and published before 2013. The synthesis was made through classifying the papers based on different properties. The analysis indicates the need for future research on: 1) estimating effort for the remaining AIISPs, 2) analyzing the impact of properties of historical/current project data, 3) using benchmark data, 4) using composite models and 5) further empirical validation of the estimation models.
Keywords :
project management; software management; software prototyping; AIISP; agile iterative and incremental software projects; agile software development; effort estimation study; incremental software development; iterative software development; Computational modeling; Data models; Estimation; Measurement; Planning; Software; Software engineering; RUP; XP; agile; cost estimation; effort estimation; incremental software development; iterative software development; scrum; size estimation; systematic review;
Conference_Titel :
Computing and Communication Technologies, Research, Innovation, and Vision for the Future (RIVF), 2013 IEEE RIVF International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hanoi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1349-7
DOI :
10.1109/RIVF.2013.6719861