Using data envelopment analysis in software development productivity measurement

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-572

  Asmild, Mette ^a   Paradi, Joseph C ^b   Kulkarni, Atin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bank; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Development effort; Function points; Productivity; Software development

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BANKS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS; FUNCTION POINTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845952862     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.298     Document Type: Article

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