@article{14627,
  author = {Jo Hannay and Hans Benestad and Kjetil Strand},
  title = {Benefit and Cost Periodized {\textendash} Stretching Your Points},
  abstract = {When you estimate lifecycle cost and benefit of your software product, your stakeholders should be assured not only that you{\textquoteright}lldeliver value but should also be informed when that value is expected to manifest itself. To do this you{\textquoteright}ll need tools to layout your estimates in time, so that you can plan and monitor your project{\textquoteright}s investments and returns. After reading this, you{\textquoteright}ll beable to take your points-based estimates for both cost and benefit (story points and benefit points) and distribute them out in timeaccording to the best of your project{\textquoteright}s knowledge. You{\textquoteright}ll also be able to project cost and return according to most likely, bad caseand good case uncertainty assessments.},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {IEEE Software},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
}