Software development effort estimation: Formal models or expert judgment?

IEEE Software

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 14-19

  Jørgensen, Magne ^a   Boehm, Barry ^b   Rifkin, Stan ^c  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Master Systems

Author keywords

Estimation tools; Expert judgment; Process improvement; Software development; Software project estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

ESTIMATING SOFTWARES; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FORMAL MODELS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS; SOFTWARE PROJECT ESTIMATION;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 63049099813     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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