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Benchmarking

Constructing baselines for software project schedule, effort, staffing, productivity, and reliability measures and comparing to QSM industry or custom trends to highlight competitive strengths and weaknesses.

Long Term Trends in Software Development: A 45-Year Perspective

by Kate Armel (September 2024)
This study provides a long-term perspective using data from 14,000+ software projects completed and put into production between January of 1980 and the present day.