A study of programmer productivity metrics for fleet material support office (FMSO).

by: Hughes, Gary Jack

Publication date: 1986-03-01 00:00:00

Topics: Management, programmer productivity, productivity metrics, productivity, programmer production function, performance metrics, programmer productivity metric comparison

Collection: navalpostgraduateschoollibrary; fedlink

Language: English

The demand for software programs is increasing at an ever
faster pace than supply. As a result, software has become
the most expensive part of a computer system's life cycle
costs. Accordingly, software development efficiency has
become a major managerial concern. This paper discusses the
software development process within the context of the
production function. It presents a comparison of various
productivity models that are currently being discussed in the
literature and a test of selected models. This paper is part
of a group of papers which together provide recommendations
to the Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO) to enhance its
software development organization.