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Project Experience Database: A Report Based on First Practical Experience

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Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2000)

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How can the reliability of effort estimation of software engineering projects be increased? How can productivity be improved? In cooperation with the Fraunhofer IESE, sd&m developed and tested a model in practice with which this and other questions can be answered.

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  1. sd&m AG, Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27, 81737, München, Germany

    Stefan Engelkamp & Peter Brössler

  2. Fraunhofer IESE, Sauerwiesen 6, 67661, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Susanne Hartkopf

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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Fraunhofer Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Frank Bomarius

  2. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014, OULUN YLIOPISTO

    Markku Oivo

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Engelkamp, S., Hartkopf, S., Brössler, P. (2000). Project Experience Database: A Report Based on First Practical Experience. In: Bomarius, F., Oivo, M. (eds) Product Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1840. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45051-1_20

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