Software evaluation, measurement, and best practices

Author: (USA) Jones (Jones/C/)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: To ensure that software projects in the information technology industry can reasonably utilize funds, launch on time, and be fully utilized by users, and to avoid the various common errors prevalent today, the methods, tools, and practical knowledge in the software development process are increasingly becoming a key area of study and analysis. As one of the quantitative methods in this analysis process, software evaluation has introduced numerous methodologies in enterprise-level software development. Another analytical method is software benchmarking, which is used to collect quantitative data in areas such as time scheduling and cost accounting. With extensive experience in economic analysis, the author of this book introduces a new approach that combines both qualitative and quantitative methods in the software development analysis process. When the evaluation data and benchmarking data are comprehensively analyzed, it can demonstrate how specific tools and practices affect the effectiveness of software investment in an organization. Enterprises can then derive corresponding returns and clarify the efforts needed to enhance their software development investment. This book primarily teaches: how to combine evaluation methods and benchmarking methods to achieve optimized software analysis; how to help readers identify the best and worst practices in the software development process; how to improve software quality and the effectiveness of application systems; and how to reduce software maintenance costs by avoiding software errors. This book is suitable for computer software evaluation courses.
About the Author: Capers Jones, a leading author and speaker on software productivity and measurement, is a frequent speaker at software engineering conferences. He was formerly a senior researcher at IBM's Santa Teresa Software Laboratory and an assistant director of Applied Technology at the IT Programming Technology Center. He founded Software Productivity Research. Jones is now Chief Scientist and Executive Vice President of Artemis Management Systems. Artemis and Software Productivity Research support developers of software project management tools, perform global assessments, benchmarking, and baseline studies. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the International Function Point Users Group.