A Subjective Effort Estimation Experiment
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Summary, in English
Abstract
Effort estimation is difficult in general, and in software development it becomes even more complicated if the software process is changed. In this paper a number of alternative interview-based effort estimation methods is presented. The main focus of the paper is to present an experiment in which software engineers were asked to use different methods to estimate the actual effort it would take to perform a number of tasks. The result from the subjective data is compared with the actual outcome from performing the tasks.
Effort estimation is difficult in general, and in software development it becomes even more complicated if the software process is changed. In this paper a number of alternative interview-based effort estimation methods is presented. The main focus of the paper is to present an experiment in which software engineers were asked to use different methods to estimate the actual effort it would take to perform a number of tasks. The result from the subjective data is compared with the actual outcome from performing the tasks.
Publishing year
1997
Language
English
Pages
755-762
Publication/Series
Information and Software Technology
Volume
39
Issue
11
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Computer Science
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0950-5849