Web Cost Estimation: An Introduction

Abstract

Despite the diversity of Web application types, technologies employed, and the number of free templates available on the Web, we still have a considerable amount of Web companies bidding and competing for as many Web projects as they can accommodate. Bidding and winning a proposal does not mean that the project will be developed within time and budget. Cost estimation can help managers manage projects adequately and bid for projects based on realistic and feasible costs and deadlines. The objective of this chapter is to briefly introduce cost estimation principles, followed by a literature review of Web cost estimation. Then we compare this literature according to set criteria.