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A pattern language for agile software estimation

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Mirla R. R. Braga,

Carla I. M. Bezerra,

José Maria S. Monteiro,

Rossana M. C. AndradeAuthors Info & Claims

SugarLoafPLoP '12: Proceedings of the 9th Latin-American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming

Article No.: 5, Pages 1 - 15

https://doi.org/10.1145/2591028.2600814

Published: 20 September 2012 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents a pattern language for agile software estimation. The proposed language is composed of eight patterns and their relationships, which were identified through an extensive literature research and interviews with several companies that use agile methodologies. The patterns identified can help agile teams to obtain the main estimates needed in the context of agile software projects.

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da Silva Quirino GBarcellos Mde Almeida Falbo RKulesza UPrikladnicki RGerosa MWerner CAndrade R(2018)Visual notations for software pattern languagesProceedings of the XXXII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering10.1145/3266237.3266266(72-81)Online publication date: 17-Sep-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3266237.3266266

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A pattern language for agile software estimation
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Implementation management
        Pricing and resource allocation
      2. Project and people management

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SugarLoafPLoP '12: Proceedings of the 9th Latin-American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming

September 2012

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ISBN:9781450327879

DOI:10.1145/2591028

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da Silva Quirino GBarcellos Mde Almeida Falbo RKulesza UPrikladnicki RGerosa MWerner CAndrade R(2018)Visual notations for software pattern languagesProceedings of the XXXII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering10.1145/3266237.3266266(72-81)Online publication date: 17-Sep-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3266237.3266266

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