Overcoming the challenges in cost estimation for distributed software projects

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 91-101

  Ramasubbu, Narayan ^a   Balan, Rajesh Krishna ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

analogies; case based reasoning; cost estimation; Globally distributed software development; learning; project management; software engineering economics

Indexed keywords

ANALOGIES; COST ESTIMATIONS; GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ECONOMICS;

COST ESTIMATING; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864251997     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2012.6227203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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