1106 A productivity metrics with estimates effort derived from past project data

Abstract

We have been studying methods for evaluation of productivity improvement effected by inserting new technology to software development processes. In this paper, we describe new productivity metrics, which uses estimates effort derived from results of completed projects. We have applied both the new metrics and a conventional productivity metrics calculated from software size and project effort to evaluate productivities of actual projects and carried out a comparative analysis of the productivity evaluations.