Business rules-driven semi-automatic project effort estimation

• Autorzy: Zabawa P. , Klęk P.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Półautomatyczne estymowanie pracochłonności projektów sterowane regułami biznesowymi

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A new approach to project effort estimation is presented in this paper. It is related to Delphi method of estimation by experts. It also makes use of the business processes and business rules related to the newest OMG standards. A software tool implemented to verify the concept correctness is described.

PL

W artykule przedstawiono nowe podejście do estymowania pracochłonności projektów. Z jednej strony nawiązuje ono do metody Delphi estymowania przez niezależnych od siebie nawzajem ekspertów, a z drugiej strony, w ramach najnowszych standardów OMG, wykorzystuje procesy biznesowe oraz reguły biznesowe. Opisano również opracowane narzędzie stanowiące weryfikację poprawności koncepcji.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

project effort estimation; project cost estimation; Delphi; expert; ruleflow; business rules; business process; domain model

PL

estymacja pracochłonności projektu; estymacja kosztu projektu; metoda Delphi; ekspert; przepływ reguł; reguły biznesowe; proces biznesowy; model dziedzinowy

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Krakowskiej im. Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Czasopismo: Czasopismo Techniczne. Nauki Podstawowe
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: R. 109, z. 1-NP
• Strony: 125--143
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 36 poz., il.

Twórcy

autor

Zabawa P.

• IBM/Rational Certified Consultant, Institute of Computer Science

autor

Klęk P.

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