Distribution patterns of effort estimations

Conference Proceedings of the EUROMICRO

Volumn 30, Issue , 2004, Pages 422-429

  Milicic, Drazen ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^b  

^a RKS AB   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effort eitinution; Estimation procen; Software project control; Software project management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; ENGINEERS; ESTIMATION; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EFFORT ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROJECT CONTROL; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; USEFUL PATTERNS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION;

EID: 11844252597     PISSN: 10896503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eurmic.2004.1333398     Document Type: Conference Paper

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