Estimating the cost of software is a fundamental and difficult process in information technology (IT) industry. Underestimation causes assigning fewer resources than the project needs and setting an unrealistic schedule. On the other hand, overestimation results in waste of resources and low customer satisfaction. It is clear that, software projects can be prioritized efficiently and resources ...

We investigate a phenomenon we call micro-productivity decrease, which is expected to be found in most development or maintenance projects and has a specific profile that depends on the project, the development model and the team. Micro-productivity decrease refers to the observation that the cumulative effort to implement a series of changes is larger than the effort that would be needed if we...

Project productivity is a key factor for producing effort estimates from Use Case Points (UCP), especially when the historical dataset is absent. The first versions of UCP effort estimation models used a fixed number or very limited numbers of productivity ratios for all new projects. These approaches have not been well examined over a large number of projects so the validity of these studies w...

Firm innovation effort, productivity, and export propensity are found to be positively correlated with one another. Two alternative explanations have been offered for this — innovation increases productivity and more productive firms self-select into exporting or, alternatively, exporting increases learning and innovation, which in turn affects productivity. We use differences in timing implied...

The Software Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) has become a popular Software Process Improvement (SPI) model for enhancing software development processes with the goal of developing high-quality software within budget and schedule. Since Software development effort can be greatly affected by the organizational process maturity level, this study examines the impact of different CMMI-b...

Productivity Prediction Model Based on Bayesian Analysis and Productivity Console. (May 2005) Seok Jun Yun, B.S., Korea Military Academy; M.S., Naval Postgraduate School Co–Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Dick B. Simmons Dr. William M. Lively Software project management is one of the most critical activities in modern software development projects. Without realistic and objective management, ...