Making accurate project estimations can be both difficult and challenging. However, being able to precisely determine project duration, effort and delivery rate are essential for the success of your IT project.
How would you like to benchmark your project estimates against similar projects from the IT industry? At your fingertips, in just a few minutes? Read on…..
Check the accuracy of your project estimates
The ISBSG Development & Enhancement Repository contains project details for more than 7,500 software projects from around the world. Projects originate from a wide range of highly-respected IT and metrics organisations.
The Productivity Data Query Tool is interactive and simple to use. Obtain project estimates within minutes!
The tool enables you to compare your project against similar projects from the ISBSG Repository. It searches the Repository for projects that match yours and displays the following estimates for them: Project Delivery Rate, Speed of Delivery and Defect Density.
It then calculates Project Duration and Project Work Effort estimates for your project.
Change project attribute combinations and re-generate statistics as many times as you wish.
Note: In order to use this tool, your project must be sized using IFPUG 4+, Nesma or FiSMA.
How the Project Data Query Tool Works
View a short video clip demonstrating the use of the PDQ Too.
You may change project attribute combinations and re-generate statistics as many times as you wish.
- Step 1: Specify basic information about your project from the drop-down boxes below. ISBSG projects that match these filters will be included.
- Step 2: Choose the attributes of your project. The tool will then find projects from the Repository that match these attributes. Estimates for Project Delivery Rate, Speed of Delivery are Defect Density are displayed for each attribute, individually. After determining your attributes Perform Query.
- Step 3: Specify your project size and click the Estimate button. Project delivery Rate and Speed of Delivery are displayed for all projects that match yours (from Step 2). Estimates of your project’s Work Effort and Project Duration are also displayed.
