  When making choices in software projects, engineers and other stakeholders
engage in decision making that involves uncertain future outcomes. Research in
psychology, behavioral economics and neuroscience has questioned many of the
classical assumptions of how such decisions are made. This literature review
aims to characterize the assumptions that underpin the study of these decisions
in Software Engineering. We identify empirical research on this subject and
analyze how the role of time has been characterized in the study of decision
making in SE. The literature review aims to support the development of
descriptive frameworks for empirical studies of intertemporal decision making
in practice.
