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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.
Productivity Index Peak Staff
Derived PI: Is PI from Peak Staff “Good Enough”?

It is possible to derive PI from Peak Staff and can be quite beneficial to do so.

Software Project Laws
New Article: 5 Software Laws For Smooth Product Development

QSM's Larry Putnam, Jr. and Don Beckett recently published "5 Software Laws for Smooth Product Development" in Software Executive Magazine.
New Article: Measuring Effort and Productivity of Agile Projects

Andy Berner identifies best practices for measuring effort and productivity in agile development.
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Bringing Measurement to Agile

SLIM's calculation of software productivity metrics encompasses all environmental factors, such as methods, complexity, the skill level, and experience of your development team.
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Can We Increase IT Productivity by Leveraging Predictive Analytics?

Exploring the tradeoffs of software project team size, schedule, and scope on development efficiency.
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What do Sports and Agile Software Productivity Have in Common?

How QSM's Productivity Index, a macro-level, empirically-based productivity measure, goes beyond simple sprint velocity to measure overall development efficiency.