Software sizing and estimating: Mk II FPA (Function Point Analysis)
Software sizing and estimating: Mk II FPA (Function Point Analysis)
Reliability of function points measurement: a field experiment
Communications of the ACM
Measuring the software process: a practical guide to functional measurements
Measuring the software process: a practical guide to functional measurements
Software metrics (2nd ed.): a rigorous and practical approach
Software metrics (2nd ed.): a rigorous and practical approach
CMM in practice: processes for executing software projects at Infosys
CMM in practice: processes for executing software projects at Infosys
Software Engineering Economics
Software Engineering Economics
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Measuring the Productivity of Computer Systems Development Activities with Function Points
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A method of programming measurement and estimation
IBM Systems Journal
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In the IT industry, customers want the vendor organisations to deliver defect free software within agreed and negotiated timeframe. This task can be achieved through combination of two approaches – process-oriented approach and quantitative control of the process. The first one deals with defining a process for a project to follow and the second one deal with quantitative project management techniques used to control various parameters to bring process under control. Through these quantitative techniques, quality goals are set at the start of the project during project initiation phase and these goals are monitored at different milestones as defined in the project plan. Through this approach, an early signal can be detected if the process goes out of control. Thus, a combination of process management and quantitative management improves the delivered quality. In this paper, practical and real-time development project experiences have been used to come up with a systematic approach for quantitative project management for better quality of deliverables. The paper discusses different tools and monitoring mechanisms that can be employed during project execution and possible benefits obtained from this approach. The tone of the paper is in prescriptive manner and is based on best practices across different organisations.