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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.
QSM Named One of 20 Most Promising Productivity Tools Solution Providers by CIO Review

QSM named one of 20 Most Promising Software Productivity Tools Solution Providers by CIO Review.
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How Can We Fix the Disconnect Between Software Vendors and Their Clients?

Using completed software project data to save millions of dollars and improve the client-vendor communication and relationship.
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Is Better Software Productivity Always the Right Goal?

“Faster, Better, and Cheaper." That sounds wonderful, but is rapid software process improvement in three dimensions really possible?
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The Problem of Measuring Software Productivity

Why applying simple productivity measures to complex, non-repetitive design processes, such as software development, doesn't work.
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Webinar - A Practical Approach to Measuring Software Development Productivity

A practical approach to productivity measurement based on a mathematical model of software systems development.
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Let's Get Serious About Productivity

The surprising factors behind decreasing software productivity.