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Productivity-Based Software Estimation Models and Process Improvement: an Empirical Study

Authors:
Alain Abran
Jean-Marc Desharnais
Mohammad Zarour
Onur Demirors

Keywords: Software economics; productivity models; fixed variable cost; estimation models; Function Point.

Abstract:
This paper proposes an approach to software estimation based on productivity models with fixed/variable costs and economies/diseconomies of scale. The paper looks first at productivity alone as a single variable model, and then discusses multi-variable models for estimation in specific contexts. An empirical study in a Canadian organization that illustrates the contribution of these concepts from economics in developing tailor-made estimation models based on the performance of the organization studied is presented, as well as the use of the SWEBOK Guide for the identification of process improvements areas.

Pages: 103 to 114

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2015. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2015

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ISSN: 1942-2628