Revisiting Software Measurement with Mauricio Aguiar and Christine Green December 2021, SPaMCAST 838
The Software Process and Measurement Cast Crew are off for an adventure. We will be back on December 8th with new content. In the interim, we share four gems from our back catalog of over 800 interviews, essays, and conversations. You can check out the entire catalog at www.spamcast.net.
Today we return to December 2021 to remember an interview with Mauricio Aguiar and Christine Green, We…
SPaMCAST 680 - State of Software Measurement, Legacies, A Conversation with Mauricio Aguliar and Christine Green
SPaMCAST 680 – State of Software Measurement, Legacies, A Conversation with Mauricio Aguliar and Christine Green
This week Mauricio Aguliar and Christine Green join me to discuss the state and future of Software Measurement. Mauricio, Christine, and I are all recent Past Presidents of the International Function Point Users Group (the largest international software measurement association). The conversation is both provocative and enlightening.
Note, the audio of my voice is a little muffled but the…
We need to measure software quality to check if the solution satisfies its requirements. We'll review main types of quality metrics.▶ Contact Jelvix: hello@j...
Why are Software Development Quality Metrics Important for Business?
There are several reasons:
Performance
Software of good quality is predictable. Being appropriately written, it works exactly in the way it should work. There are no variations in productivity, no need to rewrite, no urgency, and it is easy to manage.
Reputation
If the company pays attention to the software quality standards, it becomes a part of its brand. Customers trust it; they want to use this product mainly and have high expectations.
Employee Satisfaction
If you want your employees to be motivated, allow them to create a high-quality product. When the team is excited about their work, it drives a higher level of productivity and the willingness for self-development.
Cost-Effectiveness
From the business point of view, the essential criteria of product success are its return of investments (ROI).
Watch this video to know the best practices of maintaining the software quality that the Jelvix team follows during product development for our customers.
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SPaMCAST 449 features our interview with Jasveer Singh. We discussed his new book, Functional Software Size Measurement Methodology with Effort Estimation and Performance Indication. Jasveer proposes a new sizing methodology for estimation and other measurement processes.
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SPaMCAST 445 features the return of a favorite, Capers Jones. It is always fun to talk with someone with their own page in Wikepedia. Capers and I talked about his new book, A Guide to Selecting Software Measures and Metrics. Capers is passionate about software quality and measurement. Capers said,…
Labor Productivity: An Excerpt From The Metrics Minute
Labor Productivity: An Excerpt From The Metrics Minute
Productivity is number of clothes sewed per hour. Definition: Labor productivity measures the efficiency of the transformation of labor into something of higher value. It is the amount of output per unit of input: an example in manufacturing terms can be expressed as X widgets for every hour worked. Labor productivity (typically just called productivity) is a fairly simple manufacturing concept…
Dr. Carol Woody of SEI was recently featured on a CISQ webinar about the correlation of software quality and software security. Her lessons on this topic highlight why software security cannot be something added after-the-fact, it must rather be factored into the development of software applications from the moment coding begins.
This is a lesson that companies such as Sony need to learn. While…
VIDEO: IT Expert Calls Upon Automated Function Points for Vendor Management
VIDEO: IT Expert Calls Upon Automated Function Points for Vendor Management
Barbara Beech, an expert in the field of IT development for telecommunications companies, recently spoke to CAST in a video chat about her experience using software analysis and measurement as well as automated function points to gain visibility into IT vendor deliverables.
As a solution to gaining visibility into IT vendor deliverables, Beech points to the CAST Automated Function Points(AFP)…
