Simulator for Time Estimation of Software Development Process

Estimating the time is a critical activity. Not only does this time impact on the technology solution but also impacts the project management solution. Keeping in view an attempt has been made to design a simulator for time /effort estimation of software development process using Erlang-6 distribution. It is assumed that there is a long term fixed average time required to complete an activity and it is assumed that there are six major activities of a standard system development process in which each activity is mutually independent and follows a negative exponential distribution with average time of completion say â.