Three empirical studies on estimating the design effort of Web applications

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Baresi, Luciano ^a   Morasca, Sandro ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effort estimation; Empirical study; W2000; Web application design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULA; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EFFORT ESTIMATION; EMPIRICAL STUDY; FINER-GRAIN ANALYSIS; W2000 DESIGN ARTIFACTS; WEB APPLICATION DESIGN;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 34648831105     PISSN: 1049331X     EISSN: 15577392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1276933.1276936     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. ABRAHÃO, S. M., CONDORI-FERNÄNDEZ, N., OLSINA, L., AND PASTOR, O. 2003. Defining and validating metrics for navigational models. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2003) (Sydney, Australia, Sept. 3-5). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 200-210.
2. ABRAHÃO, S. M., POELS, G., AND PASTOR, O. 2004. Evaluating a functional size measurement method for web applications: An empirical analysis. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2004) (Chicago, IL, Sept. 11-17). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 358-369.
3. ALBRECHT, A. J. AND GAFFNEY, JR., J. E. 1983. Software function, source lines of code, and development effort prediction: A software science validation. IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng. 9, 6, 639-648.
4. BARESI, L., MORASCA, S., AND PAOLINI, R 2002. An empirical study on the design effort of web applications. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2002) (Singapore, Dec. 12-14). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 345-354.
5. BARESI, L., MORASCA, S., AND PAOLINI, R 2003. Estimating the design effort of web applications. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2003) (Sydney, Australia, Sept. 3-5). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 62-72.
6. BARESI, L., COLAZZO, S., MAINETTI, L., AND MORASCA, S. 2006. Web engineering, W2000: A modeling notation for complex Web applications. In Web Engineering, Mendes, E. and Mosley, N. Eds., Springer-Verlag, 335-364.
7. BOEHM, B. M., HOROWITZ, E., MADACHY, R., REIFER, D., CLARK, B. K., STEECE, B., BROWN, A. W., CHULANI, S., AND ABTS, C. 2000. Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
8. BOEHM, B. W 1981. Software Engineering Economics. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
9. BRIAND, L., EL EMAM, K., AND BOMARIUS, F 1998. COBRA: A hybrid method for software cost estimation, benchmarking, and risk assessment. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Software Engineering (Kyoto, Japan, Apr. 19-25). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 390-399.
10. CALERO, C., RUIZ, J., AND, PIATTINI, M. 2004. A web metrics survey using WQM. In Web Engineering-4th International Conference, ICWE 2004 (Munich, Germany, July 26-30), Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3140. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 147-160.
11. CARVER, J., JACCHERI, L., MORASCA, S., AND SHULL, F 2003. Issues in using students in empirical studies in software engineering education. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2003) (Sydney, Australia, Sept. 3-5). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 239-248.
12. CERI, S., FRATERNALI, P., AND BONGIO, A. 2000. Web modeling language (WebML): A modeling language for designing Web sites. Comput. Netw. 33, 1-6 (June), 137-157.
13. CONALLEN, J. 2002. Building Web Applications with UML, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA.
14. COSMIC. 2003. COSMIC-FFP Measurement Manual, vers. 2.2. Common Software Measurement International Consortium, http://www.cosmicon.com.
15. COSTAGLIOLA, G., FERRUCCI, F., GRAVINO, C., TORTORA, G., AND VITIELLO, G. 2004. A COSMIC-FFP based method to estimate web application development effort. In Web Engineering - 4th International Conference, ICWE 2004 (Munich, Germany, July 26-30). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3140. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 161-165.
16. DHYANI, D., NG, W K., AND BHOWMICK, S. S. 2002. A survey of web metrics. ACM Comput. Surv. 34, 4, 469-503.
17. FENTON, N. 1991. Software Metrics: A Rigorous Approach. Chapman and Hall, London, UK.
18. FENTON, N. AND PFLEEGER, S. L. 1996. Software Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach, 2nd ed. International Thomson Computer Press, London, UK.
19. FEWSTER, R. M. AND MENDES, E. 2003. Portfolio management method for deadline planning. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2003) (Sydney, Australia, Sept. 3-5). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 325-334.
20. GARMUS, D. AND HERRON, D. 2001. Function point analysis: Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA.
21. GARRETT, J. J. 2002. The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web. New Riders Press, Berkeley, CA.
22. GARZOTTO, F., SCHWABE, D., AND PAOLINI, R 1993. HDM-A model based approach to hypermedia application design. ACM Trans. Inform. Syst. 11, 1 (Jan.), 1-26.
23. GIBBONS, J. D. 1993. Nonparametric Measures of Association. SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
24. GINIGE, A. AND MURUGESAN, S. 2001. Guest editors' introduction: Web engineering-an introduction. IEEE MultiMedia 8, 1, 14-18.
25. KAPPEL, G., PRÖLL, B., REICH, S., AND RETSCHITZEGGER, W. 2006. Web Engineering: The Discipline of Systematic Development of Web Applications. Wiley, New York, NY.
26. KITCHENHAM, B. A. AND MENDES, E. 2004. Software productivity measurement using multiple size measures. IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng. 30, 12, 1023-1035.
27. KNAPP, A., KOCH, N., ZHANG, G., AND HASSLER, H.-M. 2004. Modeling business processes in web applications with argouwe. In Proceedings of UML 2004 - The Unified Modelling Language: Modelling Languages and Applications. 7th International Conference (Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 11-15). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3273. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 69-83.
28. MANGIA, L. AND PAIANO, R. 2003. MMWA: A software sizing model for web applications. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2003) (Rome, Italy, Dec. 10-12). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 53-61.
29. MENDES, E., COUNSELL, S., AND MOSLEY, N. 2005a. Towards a taxonomy of hypermedia and web application size metrics. In Web Engineering, 5th International Conference, ICWE 2005 (Sydney, Australia, July 27-29). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3579. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 110-123.
30. MENDES, E. AND KITCHENHAM, B. A. 2004. Further comparison of cross-company and within-company effort estimation models for web applications. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2004) (Chicago, IL, Sept. 11-17). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 348-357.
31. MENDES, E. AND MOSLEY, N. 2006. Web Engineering. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
32. MENDES, E., MOSLEY, N., AND COUNSELL, S. 2002a. Comparison of web size measures for predicting web design and authoring effort. IEE Proc.-Softw. 149, 3, 86-92.
33. MENDES, E., MOSLEY, N., AND COUNSELL, S. 2003a. A replicated assessment of the use of adaptation rules to improve web cost estimation. In Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE 2003) (Rome, Italy, Sept. 30-Oct. 1). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 100-109.
34. MENDES, E., MOSLEY, N., AND COUNSELL, S. 2005b. Investigating web size metrics for early web cost estimation. J Syst. Softw. 77, 2, 157-172.
35. MENDES, E., MOSLEY, N., AND COUNSELL, S. 2006. Web Engineering. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany (Chapter: Web Effort Estimation), 31-76.
36. MENDES, E., WATSON, I., TRIGGS, C., MOSLEY, N., AND COUNSELL, S. 2002b. A comparison of length, complexity and functionality as size measures for predicting web design and authoring effort. In Proceedings of the IEEE Metrics Symposium, 2002. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA.
37. MENDES, E., WATSON, I., TRIGGS, C., MOSLEY, N., AND COUNSELL, S. 2003b. A comparative study of cost estimation models for web hypermedia applications. Empir. Softw. Eng. 8, 2, 163-196.
38. MURUGESAN, S., AND DESHPANDE, Y 2002. Meeting the challenges of web application development: The web engineering approach. In Proceedings of the 22rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2002 (Orlando, FL, May 19-25). ACM, New York, 687-688.
39. REIFER, D. 2000. Web-development: Estimating quick-time-to-market software. IEEE Softw. 17, 8 (Nov./Dec), 57-64.
40. REIFER, D. 2002. Ten deadly risks in internet and intranet software development. IEEE Softw. 18, 2 (Mar./Apr.), 12-14.
41. ROUSSEEUW, R J. AND LEROY, A. M. 1987. Robust Regression and Outlier Detection. Wiley, New York.
42. RUHE, M., JEFFERY, D. R., AND WIECZOREK, I. 2003a. Using web objects for estimating software development effort for web applications. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2003) (Sydney, Australia, Sept. 3-5). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 30-39.
43. RUHE, M., JEFFERY, R., AND WIECZOREK, I. 2003b. Cost estimation for web applications. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering (Portland, OR, May 3-10). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 285-294.
44. SCHWABE, D. AND ROSSI, G. 1998. An object oriented approach to web-based applications design. Theory Pract. Obj. Syst. 4, 4, 207-225.
45. TUKUTUKU BENCHMARKING PROJECT 2006. Home page, http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/tukutuku/.
46. UMBERS, R AND MILES, G. 2004. Resource estimation for web applications. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2004) (Chicago, IL, Sept. 11-17). IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 370-381.