Method of Recommending a Scrum Team Composition for Intermediate Estimation of Software Development Projects

The method of recommending a composition of a scrum team is introduced in the current paper. The method is supposed to be used for so-called intermediate estimation which, usually, takes place in the early analysis and design stage of software development projects. The proposed method is based on the system of equations reflecting structure of a project team working time and the concepts of team composition and release plan templates. Finding an optimal team composition comes down to resolving a sequence of integer programming problems with the following choice of the most suitable alternative by applying a multi-criteria decision-making.