ISBSG Resources
ISBSG has a wealth of resources (i.e. reports, articles, conference papers and videos) on a wide range of software management topics. These topics include: productivity, planning and estimation, benchmarking, agile, maintenance and support, project control, outsourcing and sizing your project.
ISBSG resources are written by IT and metrics professionals, who are leaders in their field of expertise.
ISBSG Webinars
ISBSG webinars are presented by guest speakers who share their expertise in software metrics. Choose from our list below.
Practical Applications of ISBSG Data
Harold 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.
Re-evaluation of Estimation Study Results using ISBSG Data
This webinar evaluates any differences between replications of research studies that used ISBSG data, to estimate software-effort.
ISBSG data for Process Improvement
Data is a valuable project asset. It guides project estimation, team performance measurement, vendor contracting and benchmarking. Discover how data can be used to improve the IT processes of your organization.
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.
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.
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.