Productivity Impacts of Software Complexity and Developer Experience (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The high costs of developing and maintaining software have become widely recognized as major obstacles to the continued successful use of information technology. For example, Barry Boehm has estimated that $140 billion is spent annually worldwide on software [boehm, Therefore, even a small increase in productivity would have significant cost reduction effects. However, despite the practical importance of software productivity, there is only a limited amount of research in measuring software development productivity and in understanding the effect of software complexity on variations in productivity.

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