A Comprehensive Survey of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies
Shatha Al-Qudah, Kenza Meridji, Khalid T. Al‐Sarayreh · 2015
Context: Cost estimation of software projects is critical activity which requires the use of proper techniques and methods in order to have a good estimation results. This task is facing many obstacles which make it somehow challenging. The software size and how accurately it has been measured greatly affects the accuracy of the estimation. Also project management plays vital role in guiding such estimation processes. A lot of research effort has been accomplished which reflects the increasing demands of high quality software through effective cost estimation.