Title :
Quantifying the effects of process improvement on effort
Author :
Clark, Bradford K.
Author_Institution :
Software Metrics Inc., USA
Abstract :
When organizations make many improvements concurrently, software project managers have no way of determining how much improvement is due to process maturity versus other factors. Using a 161-project sample, the article isolates the effects on effort of process maturity versus other effects, concluding that an increase of one process maturity level can reduce development effort by 4% to 11%
Keywords :
human resource management; project management; software development management; software process improvement; Software Capability Maturity Model; customer requirements; development effort; organizations; process improvement effects; process maturity level; productivity improvement; software project managers; Capability maturity model; Computer architecture; Coordinate measuring machines; Databases; Documentation; Personnel; Productivity; Programming; Project management; Software metrics;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
