Programming Productivity

by Capers Jones

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070328110
• ISBN13: 9780070328112
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

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Effective measurement of software development teams

Examines methods for determining program size and programmer productivity such as lines of code, software science, complexity, function points, and economic results. Studies the following 20 factors having quantified impacts on software projects: the programming languages used, program size, the experience of programmers and design personnel, the novelty of the requirements, the complexity of the program and its data, the use of structured programming methods, program class or distribution method, program type or application area, tools and environmental conditions, enhancing existing programs and systems, maintaining existing programs and systems, reusing existing modules and standard designs, program generators, fourth-generation languages, geographic separation of development locations, defect potentials and removal methods, documentation, prototyping before main development begins, project teams and organization structures, morale and compensation of staff. Discusses the following 25 significant factors having qualitative impact on software projects: schedule and resource constraints, unpaid overtime, staff size, total enterprise size, attrition during development, hiring and relocation during development, business systems and/or strategic planning, user participation in requirements and design, end-user development, information centers, development centers, staff training and education, standards and formal development efforts, canceled projects and software disasters, project redirections and restarts, project transfers from city to city, response time and computer facilities, physical facilities and office space, acquiring and modifying purchased software, internal politics and power struggles, legal and statutory constraints, U.S. export license requirements, enterprise polices and practices, measuring productivity and quality, productivity and quality improvement steps.