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

Abstract

The demand for software programs is increasing at an ever faster pace than supply. As a result, software has become the most expensive part of a computer system's life cycle costs. Accordingly, software development efficiency has become a major managerial concern. This paper discusses the software development process within the context of the production function. It presents a comparison of various productivity models that are currently being discussed in the literature and a test of selected models. 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. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA133727

Entities

People

  • Gary Jack Hughes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Materials
  • Money
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • Software Development
  • Software Metrics
  • Structured Programming
  • Systems Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design