TY - JOUR
T1 - Productivity analysis of object-oriented software developed in a commercial environment
AU - Potok, Thomas E.
AU - Vouk, Mladen
AU - Rindos, Andy
PY - 1999/8
Y1 - 1999/8
N2 - Empirical software productivity data were compared for several commercial software products developed in the same organization and business model, using both `classical' procedural and object-oriented methods. Results indicate that, although the introduction of object-oriented technology does not appear to hinder overall productivity on new large commercial projects, it does not seem to improve it in a systematic way, at least not in the first two product generations. Furthermore, examination of the data indicates that the governing influences may not be the methodology, but the business model imposed through schedule deadlines.
AB - Empirical software productivity data were compared for several commercial software products developed in the same organization and business model, using both `classical' procedural and object-oriented methods. Results indicate that, although the introduction of object-oriented technology does not appear to hinder overall productivity on new large commercial projects, it does not seem to improve it in a systematic way, at least not in the first two product generations. Furthermore, examination of the data indicates that the governing influences may not be the methodology, but the business model imposed through schedule deadlines.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032656432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199908)29:10<833::AID-SPE258>3.0.CO;2-P
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199908)29:10<833::AID-SPE258>3.0.CO;2-P
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032656432
SN - 0038-0644
VL - 29
SP - 833
EP - 847
JO - Software: Practice and Experience
JF - Software: Practice and Experience
IS - 10
ER -