A Set of Metrics for Effort Estimation of Mobile Apps

In this work, we report on a study carried out to identify a set of metrics to early estimate the development effort of mobile apps. The applied methodology was inspired by the work of Mendes et al. who addressed a similar problem in the field of web applications. In particular, we extracted an initial set of metrics by analyzing the online quotes forms that companies made available on their websites. Afterward, a Delphi approach with four project managers was employed to identify the proposed set of 41 relevant factors.

本研究旨在构建一套可用于早期估算移动应用开发工作量的指标体系，相关调研成果如下所述。本次研究所采用的方法学，借鉴了Mendes等人针对Web应用领域同类问题开展的相关研究工作。具体而言，本研究通过分析企业在其官方网站公开的在线报价表单，初步提取出一套初始指标集；随后，邀请四位项目经理参与，采用德尔菲（Delphi）法对初始指标集进行筛选优化，最终确定了包含41项相关影响因素的有效指标体系。