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At ISBSG, our experts statistically analyse our project data to produce informative reports.
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Report List
Planning Projects – Phase Effort Ratios
The ISBSG collects data about the effort for each of six phases of a project: Plan, Specify, Design, Build, Test and Implement. Knowing the percentage ratios of these phases is important for project estimation, management and benchmarking.
This report presents these phase ratios for both enhancement and new development projects and provides and example of their use. Last updated: 2017.
The Use of Function Points in the Industry
This report examines the importance of using functional sizing to measure the size of software projects. It looks at the use of functional sizing by different organisations. Statistics show the most popular sizing methods that are used overall and within each industry. Last updated: 2016
Software Project Costs
In this report we look at costs per function point and costs per hour, and provide some useful rules of thumb. Last updated: 2016.
Software Development Performance by Country
Using the projects in the ISBSG Development & Enhancement repository, this report looks at the characteristics of software development for thirteen countries. This twenty-six page report includes the following insights for each country:
- The mix of in-house and outsource projects and a summary of off-shoring
- The mix of project types
- The sizing methods used
- What language types are favoured
- Delivery rates, speed of delivery and defect densities.
Last updated: 2014.
Software Industry Performance (SIP) Report
The IT software industry is often the subject of damning media reports, with continual tales of software development projects that have been abandoned at great cost, or are orders of magnitude over budget and/or duration. As the decades roll by the disasters continue. Or do they?
Have we learnt anything over fifty years of commercial software development? Is the IT industry performing better now than it was 20 years ago?
The SIP report is based on research performed by the ISBSG using data submitted to its Development and Enhancement repository. The report includes analysis of the following:
- Productivity over Time
- Defects Rates over Time
- Speed of Delivery over Time
- Accuracy of Estimates of Project Efforts
- Accuracy of Estimates of Project Duration
- Accuracy of Estimates of Software Size
- Project Work Type over Time
- Programming Languages
- Use of Methodologies
“The Software Industry Performance (SIP) report is an excellent study with valuable and thought-provoking results”, says Capers Jones, Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). “I will certainly recommend the SIP report to my clients and colleagues”.
Last updated: 2013.
