Effective Software Estimation is one of the most challenging and important activities in software development.

Proper project planning and control is not possible without a sound and reliable estimate. As a whole, the software industry doesn’t estimate projects well and doesn’t use estimates appropriately. We suffer far more than we should as a result and we need to focus some effort on improving the situation.

The Software Estimation Colloquium (SEC 2006) organized by QAI was created as a unique forum for exchanging, learning, and accelerating implementation of best practices in the domain of Software Estimation.

The purpose of SEC 2006 is to promote the existence, implementation, and importance of the required essentials for achieving market leadership and performance excellence for the project and the organization, with a focus on the estimation practices.

SEC 2006, the premier software engineering conference aims to exhibit, showcase, provide information on how organizations are improving their project management practices, including practices, metrics, methods, techniques. In this direction, SEC 2006 brings together practitioners and thought leaders from industry, academia and government for sharing, exchanging ideas and learning in the area of Software Estimation.