Software estimation based on use case size

Proceedings - 24th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, SBES 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 178-187

  Ibarra, Gustavo Bestetti ^a   Vilain, Patrícia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Software estimation; Use case; Use case point

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RULES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ESTIMATING SOFTWARE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; OUTSOURCE; RELATED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ESTIMATION; THIRD PARTIES; USE CASE; USE CASE POINTS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; USER INTERFACES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79952053365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SBES.2010.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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