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The Influence of Culture and Leadership on Cost Estimation

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Software Process and Product Measurement (Mensura 2008, MetriKon 2008, IWSM 2008)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 5338))

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Culture and leadership factors play an important role in software development and cost estimation. We discuss the many dimensions of culture and leadership and their impact on cost estimation in software development. We conducted a survey to identify leadership and cultural factors that may influence the software development process and its associated cost. A cost estimation model incorporating these factors was developed and evaluated.

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  1. UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

    Khaled Hamdan

  2. CIT, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

    Boumediene Belkhouche

  3. University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

    Peter Smith

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Distributed Systems, University of Magdeburg, P.O. Box 4120, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Reiner R. Dumke

  2. Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Verteilte Systeme, AG Softwaretechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    René Braungarten

  3. Büren & Partner Software-Design GbR, Nürnberg, Germany

    Günter Büren

  4. Département de génie logiciel et des TI, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, H3C 1K3, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Alain Abran

  5. University of Alcalá, Autovia A-2 km 33.6, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

    Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego

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Hamdan, K., Belkhouche, B., Smith, P. (2008). The Influence of Culture and Leadership on Cost Estimation. In: Dumke, R.R., Braungarten, R., Büren, G., Abran, A., Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J. (eds) Software Process and Product Measurement. Mensura MetriKon IWSM 2008 2008 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89403-2_19

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