System design complexity is growing rapidly. As a result, current development costs are constantly increasing. It is becoming increasingly difficult to estimate how much time it ...
Cyrus Bazeghi, Francisco J. Mesa-Martinez, Brian G...
Design patterns are recognized, named solutions to common design problems. The use of the most commonly referenced design patterns should promote adaptable and reusable program co...
James M. Bieman, Greg Straw, Huxia Wang, P. Willar...
: Software practitioners recognise the importance of realistic estimates of effort for the successful management of software projects, the Web being no exception. Estimates are nec...
Software repositories are rich sources of information about the software development process. Mining the information stored in them has been shown to provide interesting insights ...
Formal analysis remains outside the mainstream of system design practice. Interactive methods and tools are regarded by some to be on the margin of useful research in this area. Al...