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Quote: a 20 KLOC program takes 4-6.7 person-years to develop and about 1 person-year for code inspection

topics > all references > references p-r > QuoteRef: russGW1_1991 , p. 28 (italics removed)



Topic:
software review
Topic:
programmer productivity

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For example, a 20 KLOC program being inspected … elapsed time for preparation, overview, and inspection [and reinspection of 10-20% reworked code. Based on a formula of 3 * nKLOC]. The process would consume a total of 48 man-weeks of … projects involving millions of lines of code, the … require 4 to 6.7 man-years to develop. In … but not an unreasonable component.   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: the average designer of very large, real-time software produces 3 to 5 KLOCs a year

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