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From: neff@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Randy Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: programmer productivity
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Date: 10 Mar 88 05:40:05 GMT
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Programmer Productivity References:

Measuring Programmer Productivity and Software Quality   by Arthur, Lowell Jay
	Wiley, 1985  (Cobol based)

Programmer Productivity   by Arthur, Lowell Jay
	Wiley, 1983   (Cobol based)

Programmer Productivity   by Parikh, Girish
	Reston Pub, 1984    (Cobol based)

Software Productivity     by Mills, Harlan
	Little, Brown  1983  (JCL, flow charts, mathematics)

Most standard Software Engineering books have a section or chapter on P.P.
Software Engineering,    Shooman, Martin
	McGraw-Hill, 1983

Software Engineering:  A Pratitioner's Approach   2nd edition
	McGraw-Hill,  1987

Unfortunately, the following book is still very true:
The Mythical Man Month     Brooks, Fred

I also strongly recommend the following book as an example of "how it could be"
Programmers at Work      Lammers, Susan
	Microsoft Press  1986

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Cynics' Law of Programming Productivity:
   A programmer's productivity is directly proportional to the size of his 
   or her stock option in the company.    

(think about it!)