Software Data Collection Study. Volume I. Summary and Conclusions.
N. E. Willmorth, Marcia C. Finfer, M. p. Templeton · 1976
The burgeoning costs of software development have centered research interest in software methodology, project productivity and program reliability. However, such research is hindered by the lack of standard, reliable data for an adequate sample of software projects upon which to base conclusions. RADC proposes to establish a repository in which software development data may be accumulated; this study was conducted to generate recommendations concerning a data collection systems for that repository. The objective of the study was to investigate: Data collection problems; Data requirements for productivity, software reliability and cost studies; Data entry/data management interface; Specifications for a software data collection and reporting system.