The ability to accurately estimate the time/cost taken for a project to come to its successful conclusion has been a serious problem for software engineers. The use of repeatable, clearly defined and well understood software development process has in recent years shown itself to be the most effective method of gaining useful historical data that can be used for statistical estimation. In particular, the act of sampling more frequently, coupled with the loosening of constraints between parts of a project, has allowed more accurate estimation and more rapid development times. A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... Software engineering is the profession that creates and maintains software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, engineering, application domains, and other fields. ... It has been suggested that Software development life cycle be merged into this article or section. ...
One popular method for estimation in software engineering is Wideband Delphi. The Wideband Delphi estimation method is a consensus-based estimation technique for estimating effort. ...
The Wideband Delphi estimation method is a consensus-based estimation technique for estimating effort. ... A software metric is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications. ...
Softwareengineering is much younger than civil engineering and electronic engineering and much older than space engineering[?] and biological engineering.
Softwareengineering is already as predicatable and reliable as many fields of engineering, such as space engineering, biological engineering.
Softwareengineering arose out of the so called software crisis of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, when many softwareprojects had bad endings.