Sizing user stories using paired comparisons

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1327-1337

  Miranda, Eduardo ^a   Bourque, Pierre ^b   Abran, Alain ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agile estimation; Estimating by analogy; Expert estimation; Expert judgment; Incomplete cyclic designs; Paired comparisons; Project planning; Software sizing; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

AGILE ESTIMATION; ESTIMATING BY ANALOGY; EXPERT ESTIMATION; EXPERT JUDGMENT; INCOMPLETE CYCLIC DESIGNS; PAIRED COMPARISONS; PROJECT PLANNING; SOFTWARE SIZING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; TRIANGULATION;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 67649173085     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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