Title :
The impact of tools on software productivity
Author :
Bruckhaus, T. ; Madhavii, N.H. ; Janssen, Ingrid ; Henshaw, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is common knowledge that to stay competitive, your software organization must continuously improve product quality and customer satisfaction, as well as lower software development costs and shorten delivery time. The paper considers how software tools are an effective way to improve software development variables such as productivity and product quality. It considers software tool selection and process improvement costs
Keywords :
human resource management; software cost estimation; software quality; software selection; software tools; business competition; customer satisfaction; process improvement costs; product delivery time; product quality; software development costs; software organization; software productivity; software tool selection; software tools; Capability maturity model; Collaborative software; Costs; Customer satisfaction; Knowledge engineering; Productivity; Programming; Software quality; Software tools; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
