Abstract
Cost estimation process becomes a crucial factor in any software development project. There are many previous researches discussed the success factors that influence in software development project. This paper aimed to discuss factors that influences to the successful of cost estimation process in software development project. Literature survey is carried out from the past researches. Then, this paper presents the success factors that bring to the effectiveness of cost estimation in software development project. From the review, a conceptual model was developed to show the influence factors in cost estimation process. Realisation these factors will help software development communities contribute positively to the success of cost estimation process in software development project.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Schwalbe, K.: IT Project Management, 3rd edn. Thomson Course Technology, Canada (2004)
Iman, A., Siew, H.O.: Project Management Practices: The Criteria for Success of Failure. Communication of the IBIMA 1(28), 234–241 (2008)
Ostvold, K.M., Jorgensen, M.: A Comparison of Software Project Overruns – Flexible versus Sequential Development Model. IEE Transactions on Software Engineering 31(9), 754–766 (2005)
O’Brien, R.: Critical Path Analysis: The Path to Project Enlightenment. TechRepublic, (March 29, 2004), http://techrepublic.com/5102-6330-5175455.html (retrieved November 10, 2010)
Seetharaman, N., Senthilvelmurugam, M., Subramanian, T.: Budgeting & Accounting of Software Cost. Journal of Digital Asset Management 1(5), 347–359 (2005)
Zhang, J., Lu, T., Zhao, Y.M.: Study on Top down Estimation Method of Software Project Planning. The Journal of China Universities of Posts and Telecommunications 13(2), 1–111 (2006)
Zulkefli, M., Zarinah, M.K., Habibah, A., Saadiah, Y.: E-Cost Estimation Using Expert Judgment and COCOMO II. In: ITSIM 2010, vol. 3, pp. 1262–1267 (2010)
Zulkefli, M.: Cost Estimation Tool for Web-Based Application. Master Dissertation. Department of Software Engineering, Universiti Malaya. Kuala Lumpur (2009)
Xishi, H., Luiz, F.C., Jing, R., Danny, H.A.: Neuro-Fuzzy Model for Software Cost Estimation. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2003), Dallas, TX, USA, November 6-7, pp. 126–133 (2003)
Zhang, F., Heraton, L.: Software Cost Estimation. Department of Computing. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2006)
Jorgensen, M.: A Review of Studies on Expert Estimation of Software Development Effort. Journal of Systems and Software 70(1-2), 37–60 (2004)
Yean, Z., Hee, B.K.T., Wei, Z.: Software Cost Estimation through Conceptual Requirement. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2003), Dallas, TX, USA, November 6-7, pp. 141–145 (2003)
Noor Habibah, A., Azlinah, M., Zaiha, M.N.: Software Development Projects: Risk Factors and Occurrences. WSEAS Transactions on Computer Research Journal 2(2) (2007)
Yang, D., Qing, W., Mingshu, L., Ye, Y., Kai, Y., Jing, D.A.: Survey on Software Cost Estimation in the Chinese Software Industry. In: ESEM 2008, October 9-10, Kaiserslautern, Germany (2008)
Terry, C., Davies: The ‘real’ success factors on projects. International Journal of Project Management 20(3), 185–190 (2001)
Guru, P.: What is Project Success: A Literature Review. International Journal of Business and Management 3(9), 71–79 (2008)
Geethalakshmi, S.N., Shanmugan, A.: Success and Failure of Software Development: Practitioners’ Perspective. In: Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008, IMECS, Hong Kong, vol. I (2008)
Stellman, Jennifer: Applied Software Project Management, p. 322. O’reilly, Prentice Hall (2005)
Little, T.: Schedule Estimation and Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty. IEEE Software 23(3), 48–54 (2006)
Min, X., Bo, Y.: A Study of the Effect of Imperfect Debugging on Software Development Cost. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 29(5), 471–473 (2003)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Mansor, Z., Yahya, S., Hj Arshad, N.H. (2011). Success Factors in Cost Estimation for Software Development Project. In: Mohamad Zain, J., Wan Mohd, W.M.b., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) Software Engineering and Computer Systems. ICSECS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22170-5_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22170-5_19
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-22169-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-22170-5
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)