Effort estimates through project complexity

Manuel Castejón-Limas (), Joaquín Ordieres-Meré (), Ana González-Marcos () and Víctor González-Castro ()

Annals of Operations Research, 2011, vol. 186, issue 1, 395-406

Abstract: This paper reports the results obtained from use of project complexity parameters in modeling effort estimates. It highlights the attention that complexity has recently received in the project management area. After considering that traditional knowledge has consistently proved to be prone to failure when put into practice on actual projects, the paper endorses the belief that there is a need for more open-minded and novel approaches to project management. With a view to providing some insight into the opportunities that integrate complexity concepts into model building offers, we extend the work previously undertaken on the complexity dimension in project management. We do so analyzing the results obtained with classical linear models and artificial neural networks when complexity is considered as another managerial parameter. For that purpose, we have used the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group data set. The results obtained proved the benefits of integrating the complexity of the projects at hand into the models. They also addressed the need of a complex system, such as artificial neural networks, to capture the fine nuances of the complex systems to be modeled, the projects. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

Keywords: Project management; Data mining; ISBSG (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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