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Parametric Software Project Estimating: An Analysis Of Current Practice, Stuart Hope
Parametric Software Project Estimating: An Analysis Of Current Practice, Stuart Hope
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
As society and the world economy moves into the second millennium. the service industries involving knowledge workers will continue to increase. Software is the enabling technology that is driving the knowledge industry. As the development of software is mostly a design process, where new artefacts are conceived and built, the prediction of outcomes in the process is fraught with difficulties. Software project estimating is one of the essential Software Engineering techniques that will enable the rationalisation of decision-making regarding software development. Estimates that are more accurate will increase the probability of success and lower the risk. This thesis analyses the …