Effort estimation in global software development projects: Preliminary results from a survey

Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 123-127

  Lima Peixoto, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Audy, Jorge Luis Nicolas ^a   Prikladnicki, Rafael ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effort estimation; Global software development

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST ESTIMATING; COST REDUCTION;

DEVELOPMENT COSTS; DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES; DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; EFFORT ESTIMATION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; REDUCING COSTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78149343581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2010.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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