Expert software development estimation with uncertainty correction

Author

Rammage, Ron ; Lei, Hairong ; Claus, Michael ; Baer, David

Author_Institution

R&D Software Dev. Abbott Med. Opt., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

23-25 June 2010

Firstpage

624

Lastpage

630

Abstract

Creation of an effective metrics and estimation program is an important but daunting step for the maturing software development organization This paper outlines a roadmap for implementing a process that establishes a program that will reap a large portion of the benefits early in the process with a minimum of implementation effort and cost This process includes a mechanism to improve software estimation accuracy as historical data becomes available for more sophisticated methods. Furthermore, we present a practical proposal for software estimation in industry based on software task size, complexity, and uncertainty.

Keywords

software engineering; software metrics; uncertainty handling; estimation program; expert software development estimation; implementation cost; implementation effort; metrics creation; software development organization; software task size; uncertainty correction; Biomedical optical imaging; Calibration; Computer industry; Costs; Job shop scheduling; Programming; Project management; Proposals; Research and development; Uncertainty; accuracy; complexity; dependency; effort and cost; historical data; metrics; process; software estimation; uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering and Data Mining (SEDM), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7324-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-89-88678-22-0

Type

conf

Filename

5542847