The Impact of Tools on Software Productivity Export

@article{citeulike:5331031, abstract = {To stay competitive, software organizations must continuously improve product quality and customer satisfaction, as well as lower software development costs and shorten delivery time. One way to do this is to adopt appropriate software tools. However, to make effective use of specific tools you should first understand how a tool will affect these critical variables in your project. Because we don't know how to analyze a tool's impact on specific projects, we generally adopt them based on an intuitive understanding of their expected impact. In many cases, the actual results of this practice are disappointing. The problem is aggravated because tool adoption often brings considerable costs. The authors did a case study on the impact of tool insertion in ongoing software projects. The result of their study was a method that organizations can use to assess the impact of tool insertion on software productivity.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Bruckhaus, Tilmann and Madhavji, Nazim H. and Janssen, Ingrid and Henshaw, John}, citeulike-article-id = {5331031}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.536456}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/52.536456}, doi = {10.1109/52.536456}, issn = {0740-7459}, journal = {IEEE Software}, number = {5}, pages = {29--38}, posted-at = {2009-08-02 17:07:08}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {The Impact of Tools on Software Productivity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/52.536456}, volume = {13}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5331031 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5331031 N2 - To stay competitive, software organizations must continuously improve product quality and customer satisfaction, as well as lower software development costs and shorten delivery time. One way to do this is to adopt appropriate software tools. However, to make effective use of specific tools you should first understand how a tool will affect these critical variables in your project. Because we don't know how to analyze a tool's impact on specific projects, we generally adopt them based on an intuitive understanding of their expected impact. In many cases, the actual results of this practice are disappointing. The problem is aggravated because tool adoption often brings considerable costs. The authors did a case study on the impact of tool insertion in ongoing software projects. The result of their study was a method that organizations can use to assess the impact of tool insertion on software productivity. IS - 5 JF - IEEE Software SN - 0740-7459 AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA EP - 38 TI - The Impact of Tools on Software Productivity PB - IEEE Computer Society VL - 13 SP - 29 AU - Bruckhaus, Tilmann AU - Madhavji, Nazim AU - Janssen, Ingrid AU - Henshaw, John PY - 1996/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/52.536456 ER -