A Study of Quantitative Measurements of Programmer Productivity for Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO).

Abstract

The demand for software products has grown, but the number of quality programmers has not kept pace. Therefore, programmer productivity has become a major area of discussion throughout the software development industry. This paper examines the various measures discussed in the literature and used in selected corporations which develop software. It presents several methods for measuring programmer productivity. Included in the discussion are the salient points where managers must devote special attention if they are to use programmer productivity measures effectively. 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126665

Entities

People

  • Daniel John Spooner

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Language
  • Life Cycles
  • Maintenance
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Metrics
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Software Engineering.