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| Title: | MANAGING DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY OF THE COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING (CASE) PROCESS WITH DYNAMIC LIFE CYCLE TRAJECTORY METRICS |
| Authors: | Banker, Rajiv D.
Kauffman, Robert J.
Kumar, Rachna |
| Issue Date: | Dec-1990 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-90-23 |
| Abstract: | This paper proposes a new vision for the measurement and management of
development productivity related to computer aided software engineering
(CASE) technology. We propose that they be monitored and controlled via
the application of dynamic software development "life cycle
trajectory metrics." This view develops out of management
accounting approaches for process control and recent advances in CASE
technology that make automated measurement possible. We suggest that
current approaches involve the use of "static metricsâ for
estimation and evaluation, with the result that the depth of the
insights they can provide to management is necessarily limited. They
only provide "point estimatesâ of output or productivity at
the beginning and end of the project. Yet to manage software development
proactively for improved efficiency and effectiveness, management needs
to track the range of activities and effort across the entire software
development life cycle. This can only be accomplished when timely and
relevant information is obtained about the software size output, as well
as costs, via âdynamic metrics,â which provide a richer
phase-by-phase view. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14422 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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