An empirical study into the accuracy of it estimations and its influencing factors

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-432

  Zapata, A H ^a   Chaudron, M R V ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accuracy of estimation; Budget; Management; Organizational learning; Schedule; Time

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CURRENT ESTIMATION; EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY; TIME;

BUDGET CONTROL; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84880991147     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194013400081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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