Software development productivity tools and metrics

  • Authors:
  • A. S. Duncan

  • Affiliations:
  • Digital Equipment Corporation

  • Venue:
  • ICSE '88 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Software engineering
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

The continuing emphasis on improving productivity in the building of software has resulted in clearer definitions of software quality and software engineer productivity, and a greater interest by management and software engineer alike in the tools and measurements that aid in knowing a project is “in control”.This paper describes the software development process used within one software engineering group at Digital Equipment Corporation, and the methods and tools used within the group to support the development of software products. Experience in the application of software metrics to parts of the process as a means of quantifying productivity and quality is described.