The question of finding a function for software cost estimation is a long-standing issue in the
software engineering field. The results of other works have shown different patterns for the …

Software maintenance is a major concern for organizations. Productivity gains in software
maintenance can enable redeployment of Information Systems resources to other activities …

Researchers and practitioners have found it useful for cost estimation and productivity
evaluation purposes to think of software development as an economic production process …

Discrete-event simulation is a powerful tool for solving many problems, especially in
manufacturing. Formulating the problem, building the simulation model, running the model …

In this paper a theoretical framework to assess the efficiency of the Requirements Capture
and Analysis (RCA) process in software development is introduced. Although it is widely …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption of an Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
system to provide relevant cost information for enterprises in the business of building and …

Some of the most important factors that affect the competitiveness of the companies within
the IT/IS sector are the use of modern management techniques and state-of-the-art …

This paper first, based on a thorough review of the relevant literature, provides a general
discussion of some of the many aspects one should consider when using Data Envelopment …

ON ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN Page 1 PROJECT SIZE AND SOFTWARE MAXNTSENANCE
PRODUCTIVITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN SOFTWARE …

Abstract Models of software processes, products, and resources are used to help predict,
assess, understand and control project development. Choosing the appropriate set of …