Title :
A cost effectiveness indicator for software development
Author_Institution :
NRC Inst. for Inf. Technol., Ottawa
Abstract :
Product quality, development productivity, and staffing needs are main cost drivers in software development. The paper proposes a cost-effectiveness indicator that combines these drivers using an economic criterion.
Keywords :
software cost estimation; software metrics; software quality; software cost effectiveness indicator; software development productivity; software product quality; software staffing metrics; Costs; Economic indicators; Information technology; Production; Productivity; Programming; Remuneration; Software engineering; Software measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2007. ESEM 2007. First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2886-1
DOI :
10.1109/ESEM.2007.47
