: In this article we present a method for estimating the effort of software projects following an evolutionary, object-oriented development paradigm. Effort calculation is based on...
—A new approach to perform feasibility studies using business process models is proposed. The utilization of the improved Role Activity Diagram notations has led to the extractio...
This paper summarizes estimation knowledge through a review of surveys on software effort estimation. Main findings were that: (1) Most projects (60-80%) encounter effort and/or s...
The cost of a Software Product Line (SPL) development project sometimes exceeds the initially planned cost, because of requirements volatility and poor quality. In this paper, we p...
Makoto Nonaka, Liming Zhu, Muhammad Ali Babar, Mar...
We present a case study that aims at quantitative assessment of the impact of requirements changes, and quantitative estimation of costs of the development activities that must be ...