Data measuring individual programmer performance was gathered over a 12-year period in a stable work group responsible for developing and supporting a single 4.2-million-line operating system and associated program products, communication systems, and databases. Analysis shows a wide variation in productivity from best- to poorest-performing individuals and groups. Eight percent of the work result was done by a single programmer out of a workforce of almost 200. A variation of 200:1 separated the top programmer from the poorest performers. The top 27% of programmers did 78% of the work. Planning for average productivity can therefore result in significant errors in projects.<>


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    Title :

    Not all programmers are created equal


    Contributors:
    Bryan, G.E. (author)


    Publication date :

    1994-01-01


    Size :

    495082 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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