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Linking the QSM Productivity Index with the SEI Maturity Level

Overview When the SEI Software Development Maturity Assessment Methodology started to be used to measure the software development capability of organizations, we at QSM® took a keen interest because we had been doing something similar in concept since about 1982. We gradually enhanced our capability to do meaningful quantitative productivity assessments and commercially offered these services (together with our affiliates in Europe) under two names -- SEAS (Software Engineering Assessment Service) and PEP (Productivity Enhancement Program). We developed a measurement tool (PADS® - Productivity Analysis Database System) to analyze the data and do comparative analyses related to the large database of software projects we have been collecting for more than ten years. PADS has been in service for more than ten years and is the primary tool used in conducting SEAS and PEP analyses.

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Publisher	QSM - Quantitative Software Management	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	July 2000	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Software Engineering

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