The dynamics of software project staffing: a system dynamics based simulation approach

The use of search‐based optimization techniques to schedule and staff software projects: an approach and an empirical study

“…AbdelHamid [39] published an approach based on system dynamics modeling to verify the degree of interchangeability of men and months [40]. Results from the analyzed case study do not fully support Brooks' law.…”

“…However, as other authors have noted [39], given the small team sizes (fewer than eight developers) and the standard (training-free) nature of the maintenance task, this approximation was considered reasonable. Therefore, results may not be limited merely to similar 'defined task' maintenance interventions but may also apply to other projects.…”

Software economics: status and prospects

“…Abdel-Hamid has built models that will accurately predict project cost, staffing needs and changing schedules over time, as long as the initial proper values of project development are available to the estimator [18][19][20][21].…”

Human factors in software development: On its underlying theories and the value of learning from related disciplines. A guest editorial introduction to the special issue

“…However, the definition and scope of the relationships among their constructs is clearer in some cases (e.g. [57,58]) than in others. Here we note that we not only consider the works themselves, but also the derivative works published later.…”