Estimating Efforts for Various Activities in Agile Software Development: An Empirical Study
Effort estimation is an important practice in agile software development. The agile community believes that developers’ estimates get more accurate over time due to the cumulative effect of learning from short and frequent feedback. However, there
Lan Cao
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Brief review of classical Effort Estimation models for Software development projects
A critical synthesis on the most representative models for software development project effort estimation is provided. This work is a basis for a discussion about the methodological and practical challenges which entail the effort estimation field ...
Diego Bravo-Estrada, Roxana López-Cruz
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Advanced Bayesian Network for Task Effort Estimation in Agile Software Development
Effort estimation is always quite a challenge, especially for agile software development projects. This paper describes the process of building a Bayesian network model for effort prediction in agile development.
Mili Turic +3 more
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Blockchain-Based Software Effort Estimation: An Empirical Study
Context: The success or failure of any software development project significantly depends on the accuracy of its effort estimates. Software development effort estimation is the foundation for project bidding, budgeting, planning, and cost control ...
Mansoor Ahmed +6 more
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Metaheuristic Algorithms in Optimizing Deep Neural Network Model for Software Effort Estimation
Effort estimation is the most critical activity for the success of overall solution delivery in software engineering projects. In this context, the paper’s main contributions to the literature on software effort estimation are twofold. First, this
Muhammad Sufyan Khan +5 more
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Software Effort Estimation Using Multi Expression Programming [PDF]
The process of finding a function that can estimate the effort of software systems is considered to be the most important and most complex process facing systems developers in the field of software engineering.
Najla Al-Saati, Taghreed Alreffaee
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Optimized COCOMO parameters using hybrid particle swarm optimization
Software effort and cost estimation are crucial parts of software project development. It determines the budget, time, and resources needed to develop a software project.
Noor Azura Zakaria +4 more
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Negative results for software effort estimation [PDF]
Context:More than half the literature on software effort estimation (SEE) focuses on comparisons of new estimation methods. Surprisingly, there are no studies comparing state of the art latest methods with decades-old approaches. Objective:To check if new SEE methods generated better estimates than older methods.
Menzies, Tim +4 more
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An Empirical Study on Software Test Effort Estimation for Defense Projects
Effort estimation of software testing plays a vital role in the effective completion of testing. In particular, software test effort estimation in defense projects is not an easy and simple phenomenon, owing to internal and external factors.
Esra Cibir, Tulin Ercelebi Ayyildiz
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Estimate Programmatic Effort using the Traditional COCOMO Model and Neural Networks [PDF]
Estimation models in software engineering are used to predict some important and future features for software project such as effort estimation for developing software projects.
Jamal Al-Din Sayed Majeed +1 more
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