short papers
This 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.
We 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.
Making 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.
In 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.
Calculate key ‘market average’ metrics from ISBSG data. These metrics can then be used to benchmark your team’s performance.
Learn more about the productivity of medium-sized projects in various industry sectors.
Java is a powerful, programming language used for many applications. This short paper compares the productivity of different-sized Java projects.
This short paper analyses defect data for Java and .NET projects. It investigates whether project size and age impact defect density.
By incorporating standard metrics into IT contracts, it becomes possible to measure the performance of the vendor. Find out more about the key performance indicators (KPIs) that can be used in IT contracts, in our ISBSG short paper.
.NET is a popular developer platform used to build applications. .NET productivity data from the ISBSG Repository is analysed in a short paper.
