Effort estimation across mobile app platforms using Agile processes: a systematic literature review
Effort estimation across mobile app platforms using Agile processes: a systematic literature review
It is predicted that smartphone numbers will increase to 2.8B in 2018, up from around 2B in 2016. Moreover, revenue from application stores is predicted to reach $189B by 2020, up from $88.3B in 2016 . Software effort and size estimation are essential when it comes to project managers being able to manage and plan a project so as to prevent it from failing. The planning and development of mobile applications differs from other traditional software applications due to the characteristics of the mobile environment, high autonomy requirements, market competition, and many other constraints. Therefore, this paper presents the results of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) concerning effort and size estimation models in mobile application development; this is followed by a summary of estimation techniques used across mobile apps. In particular, we focus on the software estimation models that are applicable to the Agile Software Development (ASD) process. The aim of this SLR is to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of the current state-of-the-art software estimation techniques used in mobile applications. At the end of this review, some suggestions, research gaps and possible future work will be presented.
Agile Development, Mobile Applications, Effort Estimation
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Altaleb, Abdullah
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Gravell, Andrew
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April 2018
Altaleb, Abdullah
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Gravell, Andrew
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Altaleb, Abdullah and Gravell, Andrew
(2018)
Effort estimation across mobile app platforms using Agile processes: a systematic literature review.
Journal of Software, 13 (4), , [4].
(doi:10.17706/jsw.13.4.242-259).
Abstract
It is predicted that smartphone numbers will increase to 2.8B in 2018, up from around 2B in 2016. Moreover, revenue from application stores is predicted to reach $189B by 2020, up from $88.3B in 2016 . Software effort and size estimation are essential when it comes to project managers being able to manage and plan a project so as to prevent it from failing. The planning and development of mobile applications differs from other traditional software applications due to the characteristics of the mobile environment, high autonomy requirements, market competition, and many other constraints. Therefore, this paper presents the results of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) concerning effort and size estimation models in mobile application development; this is followed by a summary of estimation techniques used across mobile apps. In particular, we focus on the software estimation models that are applicable to the Agile Software Development (ASD) process. The aim of this SLR is to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of the current state-of-the-art software estimation techniques used in mobile applications. At the end of this review, some suggestions, research gaps and possible future work will be presented.
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Effort Estimation across Mobile App Platforms using Agile Processes A Systematic Literature Review
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 April 2018
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Published date: April 2018
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Agile Development, Mobile Applications, Effort Estimation
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423021
ISSN: 1796-217X
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