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Productivity Blogs

Measure of software developer or development organization effectiveness, including traditional measures and QSM Productivity Index (PI), a key component of the Putnam Software Model that includes project environmental factors.
Software Size Matters episode 7
What Makes a Software Performance Benchmark Truly Meaningful?
How quantifying software size provides the necessary context for accurate software performance benchmarking and estimate validation.
Software Size Matters episode 3
How to Measure Software Project Scope

In this episode, we'll discuss software sizing terms and metrics you're likely familiar with and already using.
Software Size Matters episode 2
Why Software Size is Critical for Measuring Software Development Performance

Software project performance insights gained by including software size metrics in your data analytics.
Software Project Database
What Does a “Typical” Software Project Look Like?

Most software development projects don’t look the same, here’s how the projects in the QSM Database breakdown.

Work From Home Collaboration and Productivity
Software Estimation in the World of COVID-19

SLIM-Collaborate’s workflow process management features let your team easily contribute work on the same project, whether they are in the office, or working remotely.

Software Project Data Analytics QSM Database
White Paper: Long Term Trends from 40 Years of Completed Software Project Data

This paper presents the analysis of QSM's database of historical software projects, providing a high-level look at changes to software schedules, effort/cost, productivity, size, and reliability metrics from 1980 to 2019.
Small Software Project Failure
Are Your Software Projects Too Small?

Software projects that are too large have a reputation of being risky and having a high failure rate, but software projects that are too small are also in danger of failing for similar reasons.