A study of productivity data utilization in software development project : Our activities to promote effective application of data in projects(<Special Issue>Editorial Note for Special Issue on "Useful Estimation Methods for Software Development Project")

Abstract

Remarks for utilizing past productivity data in software project planning are presented. Generally, software project data vary widely. It is difficult to characterize a set of data simply by its average or median. We discussed some approaches to facilitate utilization of productivity data in projects from practical point of view based on our daily activities as corporate staff.