arXiv (Cornell University)
An LLM-based multi-agent framework for agile effort estimation
September 2025 • Hoa Khanh Dam, Rashina Hoda
Effort estimation is a crucial activity in agile software development, where teams collaboratively review, discuss, and estimate the effort required to complete user stories in a product backlog. Current practices in agile effort estimation heavily rely on subjective assessments, leading to inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the estimates. While recent machine learning-based methods show promising accuracy, they cannot explain or justify their estimates and lack the capability to interact with human team members.…