Software effort estimation terminology: The tower of Babel

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-310

  Grimstad, Stein ^a   Jørgensen, Magne ^a   Moløkken Østvold, Kjetil ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Software effort estimation; Software estimation guidelines; Structured review; Terminology

Indexed keywords

COSTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TERMINOLOGY; TEXTBOOKS;

COST OVERRUNS; SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE ESTIMATION GUIDELINES; STRUCTURED REVIEW;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33344478479     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.04.004     Document Type: Review

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