ROI Estimation in a Scrum Project: A case study

10 pages•Published: September 26, 2019

Abstract

Financial metrics are necessary to inform decisions about the beginning or continuity of a software development project to justify investments. This research discuses initial ROI (Return on Investment) estimates in a software project using Scrum and how to analyze variations in the initial calculations to make return on investment decisions during partial deliveries of the product. The case study included a survey, a review of documentation, two focus group sessions, and an exercise involving application of the proposed technique. Twenty-four professionals participated, of which 4 were Scrum trainers (17%), 4 were officials of the company where the estimation technique was applied (17%), and 16 were project managers of domestic and foreign software development companies (66%), all of whom had experience in project management. This study provides elements to be considered in future research on ROI calculation in projects using Scrum, and can be used as a guide to estimate and review financial metrics during the execution of an actual project.

Keyphrases: finantial metrics, project software, roi, scrum

In: Frederick Harris, Sergiu Dascalu, Sharad Sharma and Rui Wu (editors). Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, vol 64, pages 78-87.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/CCNq
	https://doi.org/10.29007/nqq6

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{SEDE2019:ROI_Estimation_Scrum_Project,
  author    = {Rita Cortés and Fulvio Lizano},
  title     = {ROI Estimation in a Scrum Project: A case study},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering},
  editor    = {Frederick Harris and Sergiu Dascalu and Sharad Sharma and Rui Wu},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {64},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/CCNq},
  doi       = {10.29007/nqq6},
  pages     = {78-87},
  year      = {2019}}

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