Effort estimation methods are one of the important tools for project managers in controlling human resources of ongoing or future software projects. The estimations require histori...
Our study focuses on the effort needed for designing Web applications. The effort required for the design phase is an important part of the total development effort of a Web appli...
Although software managers are generally good at new project estimation, their experience of scheduling rework tends to be poor. Inconsistent or incorrect effort estimation can in...
: 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...
Numerous studies have used historical datasets to build and validate models for estimating software development effort. Very few used a chronological split (where projects’ end ...