COCOMO-based effort estimation for iterative and incremental software development

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-281

  Benediktsson, Oddur ^a   Dalcher, Darren ^b   Reed, Karl ^c   Woodman, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

COCOMO based estimation; Effort in increments; Incremental software development; Software effort estimation; Software project management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ESTIMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COCOMO-BASED ESTIMATION; INCREMENTAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 3543133648     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025809010217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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