The major components of this CD ROM based product are:
- Data on over 4,100 software projects
- Early Estimate Checker Tool
- QSM SLIM smp file of ISBSG data (589 projects)
To understand what is contained in the data Download a copy of the data demographics & field descriptions.
If you purchased Release 10 before the QSM SLIM smp file data was available we will ship to to you free on request.
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This powerful suite can be used by:
- Project Managers and anyone involved in software estimation.
- The estimation tool provides estimates based on regression analysis of the ISBSG data, while the data itself can be used for comparison and analogy based estimation.
- Users of commercial estimation tools.
- Some commercial estimation tools, like “Predictor” provide for the use of the ISBSG data contained on the CD.
- I.T. Planners for development analysis.
- The ISBSG data can be used to analyse and compare the performance of languages, tools, methods and techniques. This allows decisions to be made about the most appropriate hardware/software platforms for a project or development environment.
- Software Metrics Consultants.
- The ISBSG data allows consultants to provide their customers with benchmarking services, estimation information and guidance on the factors that impact development productivity.
- Standards Assessment, Process Improvement and Quality Assurance, (CMM, ISO), Consultants.
- The ISBSG data provides consultants with a base for their client assessments plus valuable benchmarking data.
- Outsourcing Managers.
- The data provides a benchmark that can be used as a base for outsourcing contracts and performance agreements.
- Submitter of projects.
- Organisations that have submitted projects to the ISBSG Repository can benchmark their projects against like projects and can analyse their “repository” within the ISBSG data.
- Researchers.
- Academics can make use of the ISBSG data in their research work.
The ISBSG Early Estimate Checker tool provides fast, interactive project estimates based on the user's choice of variables: project size, platform and language type. These variables can be changed 'on the fly" to reveal the impact of changing language type, for example. The tool also provides a confidence percentage based on the size and quality of the project data sample that it has used in the calculation plus a comprehensive set of graphs.
The ISBSG Estimation, Benchmarking and Research Suite is a unique package of value for a broad range of I.T. professionals.
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