TITLE:
Building Productivity Models for Small Enhancements
AUTHORS:
Jean-Marc Desharnais, Gülşah Yıldızoğlu, Alain April, Alain Abran
KEYWORDS:
Small Enhancements; Productivity; Productivity Models; Maintenance; Cost of Maintenance
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications,
Vol.6 No.3,
March
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Software is
in constant evolution and many approaches have been suggested to study software
maintenance productivity. This research reports on a process to design and
implement a productivity model of legacy software based on the measurement of
small functional enhancements using the COSMIC ISO 19761 international
standard. Two motivations influence this research: 1) understanding the
productivity of the software maintenance process to help manage the cost of
maintenance; 2) understanding the cost drivers that affect the software maintenance
productivity. This research reports on an empirical study of a productivity
measurement program implemented in a large banking legacy system.