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Factors Affecting Sprint Effort Estimation

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Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering

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Scrum projects consist of multiple iterations, known as sprints during which user stories are implemented. Estimating user stories of an iteration accurately is important in order to provide clarity and help management to control the project successfully. This leads to the necessity of identifying factors that impact the accuracy of a sprint effort estimation. This paper therefore aims to identify factors and reasons for inaccurate effort estimation of a sprint. For this purpose, a survey is conducted in a scrum environment with professionals with proven agile expertise. The survey is based on 15 completed small-scaled agile projects in a well-known Mauritian company. Results of the survey are summarized in the paper, and recommendations are made.

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Consent was obtained from all participants who participated in the survey. They were informed that the data provided would be kept anonymous and no personal or health-related information would be recorded, prior to conducting the survey.

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  1. Software and Information Systems Department, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

    Melvina Autar Ramessur & Soulakshmee Devi Nagowah

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Rama Devi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Bibudhendu Pati

  2. Department of Computer Science, Rama Devi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Chhabi Rani Panigrahi

  3. Cloud Computing, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Rajkumar Buyya

  4. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Kuan-Ching Li

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Ramessur, M.A., Nagowah, S.D. (2020). Factors Affecting Sprint Effort Estimation. In: Pati, B., Panigrahi, C., Buyya, R., Li, KC. (eds) Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1089. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1483-8_43

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