An introduction to Business Value (BV), Earned Business Value (EBV) and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) for Agile projects. The article demonstrates how BV can be calculated utilizing a WBS and how to calculate the other values for a given project.

This paper describes the use of Earned Value in conjunction with Agile Development on a mission-critical, high-security, government project.

Quantitative analysis of the benefits of pair programming and associated costs. If you consider Pair Programming too costly then this article may change your mind.

This article describes an approach to fixed-price projects using a classical, “rigorous” process. There are three phases in the process: qualifying, selling and implementing the project. This text provides some tips for each of the phases.

Eight tips to successfully deliver Fixed price contracts using Agile processes. The author draws on practical experience and has distilled useful advice for anyone contemplating using an Agile process for a Fixed Price development contract.

In the financial industry options are used as an insurance against uncertainties or risks, e.g. lossses. The article discusses how similar principles are used in agile approaches to hedge risks, e.g. technology risks. Extreme Programming is looked at as an 'Options-Driven' process. Starting with a simple discounted cash flow example, the article moves on to explaining the short comings of an approach that is based solely on a cash flow analysis. Instead the authors suggest applying option pricing models, including the famous Black-Scholes model, to Extreme Programming. In particular YAGNI, small investments, frequents releases are looked at in the new context. The article also includes a brief introduction into the necessary mathematical formulas, which in some cases are non-trivial.

This article is an introduction on the meaning of Return on Investment in the software engineering world.

This paper was conceived as a first building block in what was to be a series of articles for software engineers on valuation. A comparison was made of several commonly used techniques, each of which had been cited in the literature on software reuse economics. Value based management is mentioned only briefly.

This article describes the dilemma of some organizations in establishing credible software estimates, proposes some guiding principles and practices for improving the process and addresses how current software best practices may play a role in the journey to achieving accurate software estimations.

Earned Schedule (ES) is a method of extracting schedule information from Earned Value Management (EVM) data. The method has been shown to provide reliable schedule indicators and predictors for both early and late finish projects. ES is considered a breakthrough technique to integrated performance management and EVM theory and practice.