Software Project Effort Estimation Foundations and Best Practice Guidelines for Success /

• Main Authors: Trendowicz, Adam (Author), Jeffery, Ross (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Project management.; Management information systems.; Software engineering.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Project Management.; Software Management.

Software effort estimation is one of the oldest and most important problems in software project management, and thus today there are a large number of models, each with its own unique strengths and weaknesses in general, and even more importantly, in relation to the environment and context in which...

Table of Contents:

• PART I Foundations
• Challenges of Predictable Software Development
• Principles of Effort and Cost Estimation
• Common Factors Influencing Software Project Effort
• Estimation under Uncertainty
• Basic Estimation Strategies
• PART II Selecting An Appropriate Estimation Method
• Classification of Effort Estimation Methods
• Finding the Most Suitable Estimation Method
• PART III Popular Effort Estimation Methods
• Statistical Regression Analysis
• Constructive Cost Model – COCOMO
• Classification and Regression Trees
• Case-Based Reasoning
• Wideband Delphi
• Planning Poker
• Bayesian Belief Networks – BBN
• CoBRA
• PART IV Establishing Sustainable Effort Estimation
• Continuously Improving Effort Estimation
• Effort Estimation Best Practices
• Appendix.