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International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement

DASMA Software Metrics Congress

International Workshop on Software Measurement

Mensura 2008, MetriKon 2008, IWSM 2008: Software Process and Product Measurement pp 208–222Cite as

Uncertainty in ERP Effort Estimation: A Challenge or an Asset?

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 5338))

Abstract

Traditionally, software measurement literature considers the uncertainty of cost drivers in project estimation as a challenge and treats it as such. This paper develops the position that uncertainty can be seen as an asset. It draws on results of a case study in which we replicated an approach to balancing uncertainties of project context characteristics in requirements-based effort estimation for ERP implementations.

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  1. University of Twente, The Netherlands

    Maya Daneva

  2. ProMetrix, Toronto, Canada

    Seanna Wettflower & Sonia de Boer

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  1. Institute for Distributed Systems, University of Magdeburg, P.O. Box 4120, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Reiner R. Dumke

  2. Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Verteilte Systeme, AG Softwaretechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    René Braungarten

  3. Büren & Partner Software-Design GbR, Nürnberg, Germany

    Günter Büren

  4. Département de génie logiciel et des TI, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, H3C 1K3, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Alain Abran

  5. University of Alcalá, Autovia A-2 km 33.6, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

    Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego

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Daneva, M., Wettflower, S., de Boer, S. (2008). Uncertainty in ERP Effort Estimation: A Challenge or an Asset?. In: Dumke, R.R., Braungarten, R., Büren, G., Abran, A., Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J. (eds) Software Process and Product Measurement. Mensura MetriKon IWSM 2008 2008 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89403-2_18

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