Effort estimation in global software development: A systematic literature review

Proceedings - 2014 IEEE 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 135-144

  Britto, Ricardo ^a   Freitas, Vitor ^b   Mendes, Emilia ^a   Usman, Muhammad ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effort estimation; global software development; systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PROFITABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COOPERATION AND COORDINATION; EFFORT ESTIMATION; EFFORT ESTIMATION METHODS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84961290005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2014.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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