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Software effort estimation in a very early stage of the application development lifecycle is always a challenge for project managers. Many researchers have proposed different methods. They have certain advantages and limitations. This study proposed an approach called Early Effort Estimation from the data flow diagram with a complexity tag added that could estimate the effort estimation in a very early stage of the software development cycle. This method can be obtained by evaluating the customized data flow diagram, a data flow diagram with specific tag values. We also proposed a tool that implemented this method.
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This work was supported by the Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, under project IGA/CebiaTech/2021/001.
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Van Hai, V., Le Thi Kim Nhung, H., Hoc, H.T. (2021). Empirical Evidence in Early Stage Software Effort Estimation Using Data Flow Diagram. In: Silhavy, R. (eds) Software Engineering and Algorithms. CSOC 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 230. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77442-4_53
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