MacDonell, SGFletcher, TWong, BLW2011-08-302011-08-3019991999International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, vol.9(6), pp.801 - 8150218-1940 (print)1793-6403 (online)https://hdl.handle.net/10292/1953This paper describes ongoing research directed at formulating a set of appropriate measures for assessing and ultimately predicting effort requirements for multimedia systems development. Whilst significant advances have been made in the determination of measures for both transaction-based and process-intensive systems, very little work has been undertaken in relation to measures for multimedia systems. A small preliminary empirical study is reviewed as a precursor to a more exploratory investigation of the factors that are considered by industry to be influential in determining development effort. This work incorporates the development and use of a goal-based framework to assist the measure selection process from a literature basis, followed by an industry questionnaire. The results provide a number of preliminary but nevertheless useful insights into contemporary project management practices with respect to multimedia systems.Electronic version of an article published as [please see citation] [10.1142/S0218194099000413] © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company [please see Publisher's Version]Journal ArticleOpenAccess10.1142/S0218194099000413