© 2005 Sixhills Consulting Ltd. P7Business Agility: Software Development OverviewIn a 1996 study, talented people, reduced rework and prototyping were seen as the top three factors strongly correlated to higher performing development companiesKey Project Management Factors Determining Productivity1. Average Productivity – ‘Fast’ vs. ‘Slow’ Companies2. Top Project Management FactorsSource: IEEE Transactions (1996)* LOC = Lines of Code2,1005,2008001,700SlowFastLOC*/CodingmmLOC/Totalmm2.5x2x‘Fast’ spend more time up front less time codingFactorCorrelation1. Talented people5strong2. Less rework3. Prototyping4. Reuse3Some5. Project team management6. CASE tools2Little7. Concurrent engineering8. Communications9. Customer specifications10. Module size and number11. Testing strategies1Negative
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