Programmer and Analyst Time/Cost Estimation

The ability to estimate the personnel time and costs required for the completion of programming and systems projects is an important managerial tool for the information systems department. This article presents a survey of the estimation techniques found in the literature by describing each technique and discussing its strengths and weaknesses. Some empirical evidence on how the various program and programmer/ analyst characteristics affect project time and cost are also reported.

• 저널MIS Quarterly · 4(2) · 31–43
• 토픽Software Engineering Research · Information Systems
• DOI10.2307/249335
• 저자Izak Benbasat, Iris Vessey