Productivity analysis of Japanese enterprise software development projects

To clarify the relation between controllable attributes of a software development and its productivity, this paper experimentally analyzed a software project repository (SEC repository), consisting of 253 enterprise software development projects in Japanese companies, established by Software Engineering Center (SEC), Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. In the experiment, as controllable attributes, we focused on the outsourcing ratio of a software project, defined as an effort outsourced to subcontract companies divided by a whole development effort, and on the effort allocation balance among development phases. Our major findings include both larger outsourcing ratio and smaller upstream process effort leads to worse productivity. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.9 [Software Engineering]: Management – Cost estimation, productivity; K.6.1 [Management of Computing and Information Systems]: Project and People Management – Strategic information systems planning; Gen...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: MSR
• Authors: Masateru Tsunoda, Akito Monden, Hiroshi Yadohisa, Nahomi Kikuchi, Ken-ichi Matsumoto
• Keywords: Controllable Attributes, MSR 2006, Software Development, Software Project Repository