Software cost estimation

F.J. Heemstra

doi:10.1016/0950-5849(92)90068-Z

Software cost estimation

F.J. Heemstra

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The paper gives an overview of the state of the art of software cost estimation (SCE). The main questions to be answered in the paper are: (1) What are the reasons for overruns of budgets and planned durations? (2) What are the prerequisites for estimating? (3) How can software development effort be estimated? (4) What can software project management expect from SCE models, how accurate are estimations which are made using these kind of models, and what are the pros and cons of cost estimation models?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	627-639
Number of pages	13
Journal	Information and software technology
Volume	34
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-5849(92)90068-Z
Publication status	Published - 1993

Keywords

Software cost estimation model
Project control
Software
Cost estimation

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