Estimation of Software Development Efforts using Improved Delphi Technique: A Novel Approach

摘要

Software Estimation is done often because it is expected to help in predicting how much will the project cost and when will the project get completed. Proper analysis and Effort Estimation is necessary for successfully planning for a testing project. Any flaw in critical estimation phase, results in missing the project deadlines, reduces Return of Investment and loses of customer's faith, and in my view "Bad estimation can lead to poor distribution of work". There are different standard and no standard method is for testing the estimation. In many project based companies, people utilize non-standardized but conventional estimation methods to make things work. These methods might have developed over a continuous period accommodating hidden factors like nature of application under test, environment, and risk factors for that specific organization. But these methods can't be adopted as a generalized organization standard for a mature operation model.