@inproceedings{d77985f7084944599e6b1e5b36ceaa85,
title = "Towards an early software effort estimation based on functional and non-functional requirements",
abstract = "The increased awareness of the non-functional requirements as a key to software project and product success makes explicit the need to include them in any software project effort estimation activity. However, the existing approaches to defining size-based effort relationships still pay insufficient attention to this need. This paper presents a flexible, yet systematic approach to the early requirements-based effort estimation, based on Non-Functional Requirements ontology. It complementarily uses one standard functional size measurement model and a linear regression technique. We report on a case study which illustrates the application of our solution approach in context and also helps evaluate our experiences in using it.",
keywords = "Cosmic, Effort estimation, Non-functional requirements, Ontology",
author = "Mohamed Kassab and Maya Daneva and Olga Ormandjieva",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-05415-0_14",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3642054145",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "182--196",
booktitle = "Software Process and Product Measurement - International Conferences IWSM 2009 and Mensura 2009, Proceedings",
note = "19th International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2009 and 3rd International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, Mensura 2009 ; Conference date: 04-11-2009 Through 06-11-2009",
}