An empirical study of software productivity

Author

Morasca, Sandro ; Russo, Giuliano

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Sci. Chimiche, Fisiche e Matematiche, Univ. degli Studi dell´´Insubria, Como, Italy

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

317

Lastpage

322

Abstract

We studied productivity in a real-life environment in the Italian public administration by applying the goal/question/metrics paradigm to define a productivity related measurement goal and derive measures that were deemed relevant to reach the stated goal. Productivity was studied from both a functional and a product size perspectives. Our study has highlighted a few factors that are related to either aspect of productivity. The results may provide software managers with support for evaluating and improving software processes, so they can make decisions based on more quantitative information

Keywords

public administration; software development management; Italian public administration; empirical study; functional perspectives; goal/question/metrics paradigm; product size; quantitative information; software managers; software processes; software productivity; Application software; Engineering management; Lab-on-a-chip; Monitoring; Production; Productivity; Project management; Size measurement; Software engineering; Software measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2001. COMPSAC 2001. 25th Annual International

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

0730-3157

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1372-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960633

Filename

960633