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Webelieve that thisstudy is an important reference modeland additionfor Palestinian companiesthatcanhelpthemcalculatetheeffortneededtoperformtheirsoftware projects in termsofcost,deliverytimeand number of resources.Thismodel can be used as a guidelinetoget better andmore accurateeffortestimates.On the other hand,wehavecheckedthis dataagainstother formaltechniques(likeCOCOMOtechnique),anditfound that theydidnotservethe needs ofPalestinian IT sector.

Webelieve that thisstudy is an important reference modeland additionfor Palestinian companiesthatcanhelpthemcalculatetheeffortneededtoperformtheirsoftware projects in termsofcost,deliverytimeand number of resources.Thismodel can be used as a guidelinetoget better andmore accurateeffortestimates. We chose theTriangulationtechnique,didintensive

experimentationand validation using actual data and theresults were very promising.

Wehavechosenthe triangulationtechniquefor several reasons, themostimportantofwhichisitssuitabilityforthePalestinianITcompaniesassmall-team/small-business projects. On the other hand,wehavecheckedthis dataagainstother formaltechniques(likeCOCOMOtechnique),anditfound that theydidnotservethe needs ofPalestinian IT sector.

Wewould like to add thatwehavedesignedtheextensionoftheTriangulationmethodtobe able tocontrol and adjusttheproject deliverytimeby varying the allocated resources (e.g.,thenumber of engineers).Therewereseveral factorstaken intoconsiderationsuchas theacceptancetestfactor, riskfactor,reductionfactor,and theirrelevantcombinations.