| This dissertation proposes three models that can be use to improve the estimation, contingency planning and tracking of agile software development projects.;The second model postulates that contingency funds should be calculated at the level necessary to implement recovery actions midway through the project. This is not the same calculation as what it would have cost had the same work been planned from the beginning of the project.;The third model adapts the use of the Line of Balance Indicator to the tracking of progress in agile software development projects and provides information to ensure that the team is producing at its maximum pace.;Key words: software estimation, project tracking, line of balance, calculation of contingency funds, agile development, paired comparisons;The first of the three models, a fractional paired comparison method improves on the scalability of the method by reducing the number of comparisons required to estimate a set of user stories without a proportional loss of reliability. |
