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Can Functional Size Measures Improve Effort Estimation in SCRUM?

Authors:
Valentina Lenarduzzi
Davide Taibi

Keywords: Software Effort Estimation, Agile Development, SCRUM effort estimation, Functional measurement

Abstract:
In SCRUM projects, effort estimations are carried out at the beginning of each sprint, usually based on story points. The usage of functional size measures, specifically selected for the type of application and development conditions, is expected to allow for more accurate effort estimates. The goal of the work presented here is to verify this hypothesis, based on experimental data. The association of story measures to actual effort and the accuracy of the resulting effort model was evaluated. The study shows that developers’ estimation is more accurate than those based on functional measurement. In conclusion, our study shows that, easy to collect functional measures do not help developers in improving the accuracy of the effort estimation in Moonlight SCRUM

Pages: 173 to 178

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: October 12, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-367-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 12, 2014 to October 16, 2014