Description
Book SynopsisSoftware is one of the most important products in human history and is widely used by all industries and all countries. It is also one of the most expensive and labor-intensive products in human history. Software also has very poor quality that has caused many major disasters and wasted many millions of dollars. Software is also the target of frequent and increasingly serious cyber-attacks.
Among the reasons for these software problems is a chronic lack of reliable quantified data. This reference provides quantified data from many countries and many industries based on about 26,000 projects developed using a variety of methodologies and team experience levels. The data has been gathered between 1970 and 2017, so interesting historical trends are available.
Since current average software productivity and quality results are suboptimal, this book focuses on best in class results and shows not only quantified quality and productivity data from best-in-class organizations, b
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Quantifying Software Results. 2. The Origin and Evolution of Function Point Metrics.. 3. Software Information Needed by Corporate Executives. 4. Metrics to Solve Problems and Improve Software Engineering Quality and Productivity. 5. Measures, Metrics, and Management. 6. 50 Years of Global Software Benchmark Results. 7. Advancing Software Benchmark Technology.
