Software effort estimation accuracy is a key factor in effective planning, controlling, and
delivering a successful software project within budget and schedule. The overestimation and …

Agile software development (ASD) is a widely-used practical approach for effective project
management that intends to satisfy the client's needs through continuous testing and …

Current research has shown that global software development (GSD) organizations rely on
agile methods to guarantee better communication, coordination, and improved productivity …

Context: Software projects frequently incur schedule and budget overruns. Planning and
estimation are particularly challenging in large and globally distributed agile projects. While …

Scientific communities are still motivated to create novel approaches and methodologies for
early estimation of software project development efforts and testing efforts in soft computing …

Background: Accurate effort estimation is crucial for planning in Agile iterative development.
Agile estimation generally relies on consensus-based methods like planning poker, which …

In the present day develo** houses, the procedures adopted during the development of
software using agile methodologies are acknowledged as a better option than the …

Scope creep is considered as one of the crucial reasons for the failure of traditional software
development projects. The ability to manage and control the change elements on a project …

Global Software Development (GSD) is a well established field of software engineering with
the benefits of a global environment. Software Project Management (SPM) plays a key role …

Global Software Development (GSD) continues to grow substantially and it is fast becoming
the norm and fundamentally different from local Software Engineering development. Withal …