Speaker: William W Agresti Johns Hopkins University

11:00 AM Friday, April 19 2002, Tower Room 3rd Floor

Abstract:

Most software projects use models and tools to obtain pre-project estimates of cost and schedule. We investigate the problem of re-estimation once the project begins. Ideally we want the estimates to be refined based on the actual project experiences and reported metrics. In practice, effectively incorporating this feedback is not at all straightforward. We introduce and explore the use of a feed forward capability to improve re-estimation.

Bill Agresti is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Division of Business and Management at Johns Hopkins University. He has extensive industry experience from NASA, CSC, MITRE, and Mitretek Systems. His research interests and publications are in software engineering, IT measurement, and knowledge management. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University and currently serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE technical magazine, IT Professional.