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Estimation
Accurate estimations are essential for the success of your project.
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Productivity
Determine the factors that impact your project’s productivity.
Agile
Learn about productivity, estimation and team size in Agile.
Benchmarking
Compare your project’s estimates to the best in the software industry.
Maintenance & Support
A significant proportion of your IT systems’ budget may be spent on maintenance and support.
Sizing
Learn about the importance of software size, as an important factor in estimating cost.
Outsourcing
Discover how customer satisfaction, cost-effectiveness and quality can be maintained with outsourcing.
Project Control
Learn about the factors that affect the schedule and budget of your project.
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Practical Applications of ISBSG Data
/in estimationHarold Van Heeringen has extensively used ISBSG Data as a benchmarking tool for client organizations.
In this webinar, Harold uses his expertise to demonstrate how ISBSG data (in Excel-format and via the ISBSG Productivity Data Query Tool) can be used to improve estimation and planning.
Analysis of Velocity (Speed of Delivery)
/in agileThe differences between the Agile concept of velocity and the traditional idea of delivery speed is discussed. The results from analyzes of Velocity (Delivery Speed) of recent, Java projects in the ISBSG repository is displayed. In particular, the Delivery Speed of projects within different functional-size groupings is considered.
Re-evaluation of Estimation Study Results using ISBSG Data
/in estimationThis webinar evaluates any differences between replications of research studies that used ISBSG data, to estimate software-effort.
Project Cost per FP
/in productivity‘Cost per Function Point’ is an industry best practice to ensure that both the customer and the supplier benefit from high productivity. This short paper analyzes the cost and functional size of projects from the ISBSG Repository.
CRM Projects
/in project controlThis short paper determines whether there are key factors that influence the productivity and delivery speed of CRM projects.
Legacy Applications
/in project controlThis short paper examines a high-level business case to to rebuild a Cobol legacy application in Java. ISBSG Data, for similar Java projects, provides metrics for: cost, effort, maintenance and support. This information is used as the basis for the business case.
Cobol Projects
/in productivityWe examine number of COBOL Projects submitted to the ISBSG Repository, since the year 2000. The median Project Delivery Rates are compared to determine whether there has been an in increase in productivity for COBOL projects.
Productivity Data Query Tool
/in productivityMaking accurate project estimations can be challenging. Being able to precisely determine project duration, effort and delivery rate are essential for the success of your IT project. The ISBSG Productivity Data Query (PDQ) Tool lets you benchmark your project estimates against similar projects from the IT industry in minutes. This short paper uses a simple example to demonstrate this.
Output Based Contracting
/in project control, recommendedIn this short paper, we explain the way ISBSG data can be used to contract application development teams based on output instead of the usual Time & Materials method.
ISBSG Maintenance and Support Data
/in maintenance and supportIt is believed that software maintenance activities represents somewhere between 65 and 85 percent of an application’s total ownership cost. This study focuses on ISBSG’s Maintenance and Support data. It identifies maintenance trends for various activities.
Measuring Value Added
/in project controlWith agile, you choose to develop the functionality that provides the most value for the customer, post-development. What functionality does the customer receive and how can it be measured?
Testing Process Assessment
/in benchmarkingOne of the biggest problems in software development is the quality assurance of the delivered product. This depends directly on the testing process used. See how to improve testing processes with the use of market data.
No-Code Low-Code
/in productivity“Low Code/No Code” is a new development paradigm. It shortens re-development times (and costs) when an organization decides to move software system/application from old, legacy architecture to a newer, more maintainable one.
Data for Decisions
/in project controlLearn how ISBSG data is used in practice to make better decisions regarding Application Development related issues.
Using ISBSG Data to Measure Team Performance
/in productivity, recommendedCalculate key ‘market average’ metrics from ISBSG data. These metrics can then be used to benchmark your team’s performance.