Title :
Organizational Effort Estimation
Author :
Basten, Dirk ; Hoerstrup, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Syst. Dev., Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Abstract :
Despite improvements in single-task software effort estimation, IT projects routinely exceed estimates. Guidelines for organization-wide estimation can help overcome challenges involving governance, people, processes, and tools.
Keywords :
organisational aspects; project management; software cost estimation; IT projects; organization-wide estimation; organizational effort estimation; single-task software effort estimation; Estimation; Guidelines; Organizations; Portfolios; Project management; Software; Standards organizations; project management; software effort estimation; software engineering;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2014.216
