Software cost estimation inhibitors—a case study in automotive context
Ana Magazinius, Joakim Pernstål, Peter Öhman · Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice · 2010
Abstract As cost estimation is an important yet problematic part of project planning there is a need of process improvement to decrease the estimation errors. This paper has two purposes. Based on a qualitative case study conducted at a Swedish automotive company it describes the process of cost estimation in a real‐life setting focusing on inhibitors to accurate cost estimates. Second, the results of this study are compared with four other studies with a similar purpose of concluding that a company‐specific investigation of cost estimation inhibitors might give more actionable input to the activity of cost estimation process improvement than a more general investigation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.