Bringing realism to estimating 2nd second edition by jones, capers. Defect removal efficiency all software managers and quality assurance personnel should be familiar with these measurements because they have the largest impact on software quality. Global analysis of productivity and quality 3rd edition by jones, capers 2008 hardcover jan 1, 1709. Jones is the author of estimating software costs, second edition. He was the founder and chairman of software productivity research spr, where he retains the title of chief scientist emeritus. The phrase defect potentials refers to the probable. Capers jones, scoring good and bad practices 2010 accelerated. The errors and hazards of lines of code loc the lines of code or loc metric has been in continuous use since the 1960s. Predicting software assurance using quality and reliability. This webinar presentation by capers jones discusses the need for new kinds of benchmarks in areas such as data quality, total cost of ownership, and the effe. Figure 1 plots the observed defects per function point and defect removal efficiency for each release in our sample compared to major software quality ranges described by capers jones research. Software projects that aim initially at achieving the highest possible levels of quality and reliability tend to have the best schedule adherence records, the highest productivity, and even the best marketplace success. Now, capers performs yet another invaluable service to our industry, by documenting, for the first time, its long and fascinating history.
Before founding spr capers was assistant director of programming technology for the itt corporation at the programming technology center in stratford, connecticut. Capers jones s most popular book is the economics of software quality. In estimating software costs, author capers jones quantifies fiveyear cost of software application ownership for the vendor. Global analysis of productivity and quality, edition 3 ebook written by capers jones. Software quality, addison wesley 2011 and software engineering. Capers jones vp and chief technology officer namcook. Capers jones, vice president and chief technology officer namcook analytics llc.
Dovels performance improved since measurement began in 2008 and continues in a range that meets or exceeds industry benchmarks. What follows are selected excerpts from capers jones whitepaper, the mess of software metrics. Namcook analytics llc capers jones is currently vice president and chief technology officer of namcook analytics llc. Discount prices on books by capers jones, including titles like quantifying software. The next article, by capers jones, shows that large software projects have had a. Capers jones has been in the software industry for over 30 years, including founding companies like software. Capers jones author of the economics of software quality. Software executives, managers, and technical personnel are regarded by many ceos as a painful necessity rather than top professionals.
Capers jones 2008 software quality survey as strange as it may sound capers jones is my hero. Capers jones software quality in 2008 software bug data. In software engineering capers jones, vp and cto namcook analytics llc web. The book the economics of software quality provides solutions to quantify software quality, helping you to manage software development and maintenance. He was also a manager and software researcher at ibm in california where he designed ibms first two software. High quality for software is not expensive, and in fact is much cheaper and faster to develop high quality software than buggy software. Rather than provide simplistic manual formulas that lack the accuracy needed for contracts and serious business purposes, he explores in great detail the multifaceted variables that cause estimates to be higher or lower than average. T here are two very important measurements of software quality that are critical to the industry.
During his tenure capers jones designed three proprietary software cost and quality estimation tools for itt between 1979 and 1983. Capers jones is founder and chief scientist emeritus of software productivity research llc. As part of this post i will also compare the factors identified by bart with those reported by capers jones. Capers jones has accumulated the most comprehensive data on every aspect of software engineering, and has performed the most scientific analysis on this data. Demonstrating that improving quality can improve security requires more careful analysis. Capers jones has 25 books on goodreads with 555 ratings. Improving software quality is a key topic for all industries. Interview with capers jones on measuring for agile adoption. Capers jones presents an overview of software benchmarks. He examines three similar applications, each of nominal size of.
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Applied software measurement global analysis of productivity. It is an essential read for software quality professionals who wish to better understand the challenges they face. This historical data is a key resource for judging the effectiveness of software process improvement methods and also for calibrating software estimation accuracy. I will publish and discuss barts table in a forthcoming post. Capers jones on software project management in 2007 youtube. Capers jones, vice president and chief technology officer. Poor software quality has become one of the most expensive topics in human history. Fully updated to cover the latest tools and techniques, applied software. Author of applied software measurement, estimating software costs, software quality, tutorial programming productivity, tutorial programming productivity, programming productivity, software engineering best practices, software. Software quality metrics project performance international. Errors in software test plans and test cases errors in web content such as graphics and sound mass update. In order to achieve these goals, software also needs accurate and reliable metrics and good measurement practices. May 30, 20 interview with capers jones on measuring for agile adoption. May 11, 2008 accurately size, estimate, and administer software projects with realworld guidance from an industry expert.
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Capers jones is an american specialist in software engineering methodologies, and is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation he was born in st petersburg, florida, united states and graduated from the university of florida. Oct 21, 20 capers jones on software project management in 2007. Capers jones has been in the software industry for over 30 years, including founding companies like software productivity research llc spr and capers jones. Aesthetic software quality software with elegant and easy to use commands and interfaces, attractive screens, and well formatted. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read applied software measurement. Software defect origins and removal methods capers. Capers jones is a renowned author, consultant, and speaker.
Global analysis of productivity and quality englisch gebundenes buch 29. Lessons from successful projects in the top companies. Allentown, pa prweb august 5, 2008 in his recently republished applied software measurement, global analysis of productivity and quality third edition, capers jones, internationally recognized expert on software process and productivity, updates his thoughts on forecasting, managing, and controlling software. His web site is namcook analytics designs and builds advanced software risk, quality, and cost prediction tools. Capers jones istqb international software testing excellence. Jan 16, 2012 in this twopart interview, rex black talks with capers jones about his book the economics of software quality, in which leading software quality experts jones and olivier bonsignour show how to measure the economic impact of quality and how to use this data to deliver exceptional business value. Software historical measurement problems software needs a careful analysis of economic factors and much better quality control than is normally accomplished. You will learn how to use function points and baselines, implement benchmarks and tracking systems, and perform efficiency tests. Capers jones software quality in 2008 software bug. Improving quality is a necessary condition for addressing some software security issues. Bernie gauf, implementing automated software testing yasuyuki katsumaru, embedded software technology utilizing product quality. Global analysis of productivity and quality capers jones isbn.
A survey of the state of the art larry constantine, user experience, user performance, and software quality watts humphrey, faster, cheaper, worse. Capers jones is the author of the economics of software quality 3. Abstract the software industry is one of the largest, wealthiest, and most important industries in the modern world. Capers jones was also a manager and software researcher at ibm in california where he designed ibms first software cost estimating tools. Unfortunately the software industry lacks both circa 2017. He was also a manager and software researcher at ibm in california where he designed ibms first two software cost estimating tools in 1973 and 1974 in collaboration with dr. Software quality, addison wesley 2011 and software engineering best practices, mcgraw hill 2010. The economics of software quality is a comprehensive, datarich study of challenges of quality software across the many application domains. Capers jones, a pioneer and innovator in the field, probes the fundamental issues involved with the notoriously tough task of software cost estimation. Istqb international software testing qualifications board, award for software. Defect removal efficiency all software managers and quality assurance personnel should be familiar with these measurements because they have the largest impact on software quality, cost, and schedule of any known measures. Capers jones is working on his 15th book, the technical and social history of software engeering, to be published by addison wesley in 20. Measuring defect potentials and defect removal efficiency.
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