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Controlling Lost Opportunity Costs in Agile Development – the Basic Lost Opportunity Estimation Model for Requirements Scoping

Wnuk, Krzysztof LU ; Callele, David ; Karlsson, Even-Andre and Regnell, Björn LU orcid (2012) Third International Conference, ICSOB 2012 114(2). p.255-260
Abstract
We present a model for estimating the final keep/cancel decision point, on a per-feature basis, for scope inclusion in a future release. The Basic Lost Opportunity Estimation Model (BLOEM), based on data from a company that uses an agile-inspired software development model, supports feature selection when the time-dependent business value estimates change as the requirements analysis progresses. The initial BLOEM validation, conducted on a set of 166 features, suggests that the model can valuable input to the feature selection process for a given release, helping to control lost opportunity costs due to feature cancellation. Limitations of BLOEM are discussed and issues for further research are presented.
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Requirements management scope management agile development software business
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Software Business/Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing,
editor
Cusumano, Michael ; Iyer, Bala and Venkatraman, N.
volume
114
issue
2
pages
6 pages
publisher
Springer
conference name
Third International Conference, ICSOB 2012
conference location
Cambridge, MA, United States
conference dates
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20
external identifiers
  • scopus:84864252295
ISBN
978-3-642-30745-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-30746-1_21
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UPITER - Efficient requirements architectures in platform-based requirements management for mobile terminals
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English
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  author       = {{Wnuk, Krzysztof and Callele, David and Karlsson, Even-Andre and Regnell, Björn}},
  booktitle    = {{Software Business/Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing,}},
  editor       = {{Cusumano, Michael and Iyer, Bala and Venkatraman, N.}},
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  keywords     = {{Requirements management scope management agile development software business}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{255--260}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{Controlling Lost Opportunity Costs in Agile Development – the Basic Lost Opportunity Estimation Model for Requirements Scoping}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30746-1_21}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-642-30746-1_21}},
  volume       = {{114}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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