are distributed in different ways and face particular challenges. Some researchers focus on problems of global distribution and related lessons learned,4,5 whereas others emphasize distribution as an advantage in software development that speeds the development process—for example, in OSS projects.6 However diverse the project and whatever the perceived benefits or drawbacks, understanding the ...

Estimating the costs of software development is one of the most important activities in software project management. Inaccuracies in such estimates may cause irreparable loss. A low estimate of the cost of projects will result in failure on delivery on time and indicates the inefficiency of the software development team. On the other hand, high estimates of resources and costs for a project wil...

Software industry is increasingly using Agile Methods due to its benefits. However the way industry practices agile methods is some time divergent to the basic Agile Principles. For example customer involvement in the entire software development process is considered essential; but under certain conditions this requirement is not so critical. We have studied in detail such an adaptation by a la...