Software development productivity on a new platform: an industrial case study

The increase of productivity over time—an industrial case study

“…In the previous study [35], we have identified and analysed the issues that affect the initial productivity of software development on the specialized platform. We have found that delivering equivalent functionality on the specialized platform takes four times longer compared to a standard Unix platform, i.e.…”

“…Before the discussion, we created a list of possible factors that could affect productivity. The list was created based on literature review ( [2,6,7,15]-see Section 2) and our experiences from the previous study [35]. We have identified the following factors:…”

“…These issues may result in low productivity for initial software development on such a platform. In [35] we have described such a situation. We have identified a factor of four difference between productivity on a standard (Unix) and specialized platform.…”

“…We have identified a factor of four difference between productivity on a standard (Unix) and specialized platform. Our study [35] was performed just after the new technology was introduced. We identified a staff competence level, as well as organisation and platform immaturity to be the main reasons for low productivity.…”

“…We identified a staff competence level, as well as organisation and platform immaturity to be the main reasons for low productivity. In this paper, we present a follow-up study to the work presented in [35]. In this study, we analyse and quantify the change over time of the software development productivity on the specialized platform.…”