BUILDING A WEB EFFORT ESTIMATION MODEL THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION

Emilia Mendes

2011

Abstract

OBJECTIVE – The objective of this paper is to describe a case study where Bayesian Networks (BNs) were used to construct an expert-based Web effort model. METHOD – We built a single-company BN model solely elicited from expert knowledge, where the domain experts were two experienced Web project managers from a medium-size Web company in Auckland, New Zealand. This model was validated using data from eleven past finished Web projects. RESULTS – The BN model has to date been successfully used to estimate effort for numerous Web projects. CONCLUSIONS – Our results suggest that, at least for the Web Company that participated in this case study, the use of a model that allows the representation of uncertainty, inherent in effort estimation, can outperform expert-based estimates. Another nine companies have also benefited from using Bayesian Networks, with very promising results.

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Mendes E. (2011). BUILDING A WEB EFFORT ESTIMATION MODEL THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 128-135. DOI: 10.5220/0003562701280135


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Emilia Mendes},
title={BUILDING A WEB EFFORT ESTIMATION MODEL THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={128-135},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003562701280135},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - BUILDING A WEB EFFORT ESTIMATION MODEL THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Mendes E.
PY - 2011
SP - 128
EP - 135
DO - 10.5220/0003562701280135