Effort estimation in Agile Software Development: A systematic literature review

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 82-91

  Usman, Muhammad ^a   Mendes, Emilia ^a   Weidt, Francila ^b   Britto, Ricardo ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Effort estimation; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

AGILE METHODOLOGIES; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EFFORT ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; MEAN MAGNITUDE OF RELATIVE ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84905666395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2639490.2639503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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