Effort Estimation and Defect Prediction

Learning Objectives

• How much/how long will it take to build/deliver this code? How can we find defects or predict where they will be?

Required Readings

• Menzies, Negative Results for software effort estimation (replication of COCOMO)
• Tawosi et al, Agile Effort Estimation: Have We Solved the Problem Yet? Insights From A Replication Study
• Shrikanth and Menzies, The Early Bird Catches the Worm: Better Early Life Cycle Defect Predictors
• Ni et al., Just-in-time defect prediction on JavaScript projects: A replication study