Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering

© The Author(s) 2019

C. Sadowski, T. Zimmermann (eds.)Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4221-6_18

18. Benchmarking: Comparing Apples to Apples

Frank Vogelezang¹  and Harold van Heeringen²

(1)

METRI, Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands

(2)

METRI, Veendam, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

Introduction

For almost every organization, software development is becoming more and more important. The ability to develop and to release new functionality to the users and customers as fast as possible is often one of the main drivers to gain a competitive edge. However, in the software industry, there is a huge difference in productivity between the best and worst performers. Productivity can be a crucial element for many organizations ...