Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!quame!bryan
From: bryan@quame.UUCP (Bryan A. Woodruff)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Programmer productivity
Keywords: Metrics Programmer Productivity
Message-ID: <120@quame.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 89 00:42:28 GMT
Organization: Quality America, Inc -- Tucson, AZ
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In article <Nov.18.22.47.26.1989.9685@paul.rutgers.edu>, emuleomo@paul.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) writes:
> I heard that the average programmer produces 3-4 lines of *finished* 
> code a day!
> This sounds ridiculously low.

We have found with our analysis:

Above average: 32 functions/week

Average:       18 functions/week

Below average: 8 functions/week

(Average LOC/function = 30)

SO... on the average -> 18 functions * 30 LOC/function * 5 days/week) ...

Well, you figure it out..

Bryan Woodruff

(...!uunet!quame!bryan) bryan@quame.uu.NET