Evaluating Software Engineering Technologies

Many new software development practices, tools, and techniques have been introduced in recent years. Few, however, have been empirically evaluated. The objectives of this study were to measure technology use in a production environment, develop a statistical model for evaluating the effectiveness of...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. SE-13; no. 7; pp. 845 - 851
Main Authors: Card, D.N., Mc Garry, F.E., Page, G.T.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.07.1987
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects:
Aeronautics
Aerospace engineering
Applied sciences
Computer programming
Computer science; control theory; systems
Costs
Engineering
Evaluation
Exact sciences and technology
Laboratories
Modern programming practices
Production
Productivity
Programming profession
Reliability
reliability software engineering
Software
Software development
Software engineering
Software Engineering Laboratory
Software measurement
Software quality
Software reliability
Space technology
Studies
Techniques
Technology
technology evaluation
Performance evaluation
Productivity
Software reliability
Software development
Software engineering
ISSN:0098-5589, 1939-3520
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Summary:Many new software development practices, tools, and techniques have been introduced in recent years. Few, however, have been empirically evaluated. The objectives of this study were to measure technology use in a production environment, develop a statistical model for evaluating the effectiveness of technologies, and evaluate the effects of some specific technologies on productivity and reliability. A carefully matched sample of 22 projects from the Software Engineering Laboratory database was studied using an analysis-of-covariance procedure. Limited use of the technologies considered in the analysis produced approximately a 30 percent increase in software reliability. These technologies did not demonstrate any direct effect on development productivity.
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ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/TSE.1987.233495