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Odhadování pracnosti IT projektů
Estimating the laboriousness of IT projects

Author(s): Miroslav Král
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Keywords: Estimating methods; Project laboriousness; CPM; PERT; CCPM; COCOMO; FPA; UCP

Summary/Abstract: A large number of different methods in the field of estimation of IS/IT projects have been developed in past years. Those methods should be used with regard to several factors. The choice and the application of an estimation method should take into consideration the current phase of each project and the wide variety of external factors, whose composition and intensity are very diverse and individual. The accuracy of the estimation considerably influences the success of the whole project. This article aims to analyse the principles, which are used by methods for effort estimation, and finding strong and weak aspects of these methods.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 32-40
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Czech
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